# 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 --- [^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997) [^2]: Harper, R.F. *The Code of Hammurabi* (1904) --- ## Review Queue - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Title: King of Babylon" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Capital: Babylon" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Issued the Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE): 282 laws inscribed on a basalt stel..." - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete" - when was this true? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Title: King of Babylon" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Capital: Babylon" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 19: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 23: "Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 25: "Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete" - what is the source? > - [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 17: "Issued the Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE): 282 laws inscribed on a basalt stel..." - Roth source from 1997 may be outdated, is this still accurate? > - [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 24: "Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]" - Harper source from 1904 may be outdated, is this still accurate? >