Europe's Babylon: Antwerp's golden age shown in new book
Antwerp in the 1500s was a unique mix of languages, faiths, nationalities.
![IN THE 1500s, Antwerp’s port [seen 2018] was one of the most influential in the world.](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/498164 "IN THE 1500s, Antwerp’s port [seen 2018] was one of the most influential in the world.")
IN THE 1500s, Antwerp’s port [seen 2018] was one of the most influential in the world. (photo credit: Francois Lenoir/Reuters)