The article says something about the confusion stemming from a later, third party culture (I think it was the Greeks) calling Assyria or Nineveh “New Babylon.” So, you’re right, but we still call Native Americans “Indians” for the same reason. In the next millenium, someone will hear about this for the first time and make the comment “But that’s impossible! No Indians lived in ancient North America! India is on the opposite side of the world!” Once a name gains traction, it tends to persist even among people who know it’s wrong. The burning of the Library of Alexandria seems like it might figure into this misnomer’s persistence, too.
@Listener43, your comment seems like sarcasm, but I’ll go ahead and @ you anyway.
