This "slime" the Jewish historian Josephus called 'Asphaltis' ('Antiquities of the Jews', i. 4, 63). It's today what we call bitumen or asphalt.

Gen 11:4   And they said, "Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

     This type of plan, to build a great city and a tower which reaches up to heaven, and give it a worldly honourable name, to keep all peoples together as one, has been Lucifer's plan at the beginning of this earth age of flesh. (See the EU Parliament Building.)This was but another attempt of the same events back at Genesis 6, when Lucifer sought to make man 'stray' away from The True Heavenly Father Yehovah.

And Lucifer's ultimate intent of the fallen angels mating with daughters of 'the man Adam' was the mixing of the bloodline family of Christ, thus tainting the Seed of the Woman from which our Lord and Saviour would be born from. God was not about to allow that mixing to happen.

Therefore, this Babel event was to keep all peoples together to increase the chance of Christ's Family mixing also.
     It's very important to keep in mind throughout God's Word the various ways in which Satan and his hosts might prevent Christ Jesus' birth in the flesh. We'll discover more of that evil design of Satan's later, as written in God's Word.
     This 'tower' represents a 'do-it-your-own-self' type of salvation, an idea which is false and never will be possible according to God's Plan. There is only One Salvation and True Government, and It is through His Son Jesus Christ, and no other.

 

 Isaiah 9 6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder:  and His name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

 

This particular "tower" was not built to protect from another possible flood, but as a rallying point to represent a flesh order worship. So this "tower" can represent many attempts in our past history, and the attempt that can be seen today, of the entire world joining together under a quasi one-world empire, trying to establish a name for themselves, without God.

     The connection of raising a tower to reach unto heaven means that religion is used especially to try and accomplish a false world kingdom under Lucifer's false rule.

 

 The first attempt of Lucifer trying to play God was at that time 'of old', when he first rebelled against GOD.

 

 Ezekiel 28: 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; `Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, ` I am a GOD, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God. 14...thou art the anointed cherub...18...and I will bring you to ashes...26...and they shall dwell safely.

 

Rev.12:3-4 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven...

 

We are told that; that old attempt at one-world government had 'seven crowns'. Many world religions are joining into a modern type of this "tower" of Babel today, to include some Christian denominations, so I hope you are aware of what even some Christian leaders are asking believers in Christ to do. Many of our Christian brethren, who are deceived, will fall into the trap, as Paul taught.