Q What do the terms "Babylon" and "Zion" mean?
A In Rastafari theology, these terms represent two opposing spiritual and physical realities:
* Babylon: The corrupt, materialistic, and oppressive global establishment. It includes colonial history, oppressive governments, white supremacy, and exploitative economic systems.
* Zion: The promised land, paradise, and ultimate spiritual home. Physically, Zion is identified as Ethiopia, or Africa as a whole, representing freedom from Babylon and a return to ancestral roots.
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A In Rastafari theology, these terms represent two opposing spiritual and physical realities:
* Babylon: The corrupt, materialistic, and oppressive global establishment. It includes colonial history, oppressive governments, white supremacy, and exploitative economic systems.
* Zion: The promised land, paradise, and ultimate spiritual home. Physically, Zion is identified as Ethiopia, or Africa as a whole, representing freedom from Babylon and a return to ancestral roots.
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Where is Babylon?Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq. This is about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia. Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity, the 19th-16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire, and the 7th-6th century BC Neo-Babylonian Empire. Babylon was also used as a regional capital of other empires, such as the Achaemenid Empire. Babylon was one of the most important urban centres of the ancient Near East, until its decline during the Hellenistic period.
