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# Hammurabi
# Hammurabi
## Overview
Hammurabi (~1792–1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty who transformed Babylon from a minor city-state into the dominant power in Mesopotamia. He is best known for the Code of Hammurabi.
## Key Facts
- Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE
- Title: King of Babylon
- Capital: Babylon
- Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)
## Achievements
- Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest
- Issued the Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE): 282 laws inscribed on a basalt stele [^1]
- Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure
- Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon
## The Code of Hammurabi
- 282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters
- Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions
- Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]
- Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete
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[^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997)
[^2]: Harper, R.F. *The Code of Hammurabi* (1904)
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