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" In either case, the church firmly believes in the factual nature of at least one "great tower" built in the region of ancient Sumeria/Assyria/Babylonia. The Tower of Babel (Biblical Stories Explained) - YouTube. Science fiction writer Ted Chiang wrote a story called "Tower of Babylon" that imagined a miner's climbing the tower all the way to the top where he meets the vault of heaven. For a long time, historical linguistics wrestled with the idea of a single original language. , One version of the Cherokee origin story recounted in 1896 has both a tower narrative and a flood narrative: "When we lived beyond the great waters there were twelve clans belonging to the Cherokee tribe. For the film, see, "Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta: composite text. The phrase "Tower of Babel" does not appear in the Bible it is always "the city and the tower" (אֶת-הָעִיר וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל‎) or just "the city" (הָעִיר‎). He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness.