Rise of Babel

Rise of Babel is the story of a united, independent humankind that existed after the creation of the Tower of Babel. From the biblical story of Genesis, the Tower of Babel was a gigantic tower built towards the heavens in defiance of God by a united humanity, led by their ruler Nimrod. According to the story, God, jealous of humanity's potential, destroyed the Tower, scattered humanity, and caused man to speak a variety of different languages. This led to the modern world's existence of multiple languages, nationalities, and cultures. But what if the Tower never fell? What if humanity was never divided? What if Babel continued rising?

Introduction
Exert from Genesis 11

The Tower of Babel 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.