1) Where Babel was 
Shinar (ɑr; Hebrew שִׁנְעָר Šinʻar, Septuagint Σεννααρ Sennaar) is a biblical geographical locale of uncertain boundaries in Mesopotamia. The name may be a corruption of Hebrew Shene neharot (`two rivers`), Hebrew Shene arim (`two cities`), or Akkadian Sumeru. ==Hebrew Bible== The name Shinar occurs eight times in the Hebrew ...