The beginning of his kingdom was Babel— i.e.. Babylon was either the first city built by him, or the capital city of his kingdom: the former seems the most probable. Erech, there is great reason to believe, is the same with Arecca, mentioned by Ptolemy; Accad, with Sittace; and Calneh, with Ctesiphon upon the Tigris.
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Genesis 10:10
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,b and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.