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# Hammurabi
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# Hammurabi
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## Overview
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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.
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## Key Facts
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- Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE
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- Title: King of Babylon
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- Capital: Babylon
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- Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)
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## Achievements
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- Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest
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- Issued the Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE): 282 laws inscribed on a basalt stele [^1]
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- Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure
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- Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon
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## The Code of Hammurabi
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- 282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters
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- Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions
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- Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]
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- Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete
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---
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[^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997)
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[^2]: Harper, R.F. *The Code of Hammurabi* (1904)
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---
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## Review Queue
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Title: King of Babylon" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Capital: Babylon" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Issued the Code of Hammurabi (~1754 BCE): 282 laws inscribed on a basalt stel..." - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. c. 1754 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1792-1750 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. c. 1754 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. c. 1754 BCE. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. 1901 CE discovery. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete" - when was this true?
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> Static historical fact. Comparative analysis. No temporal tag needed.
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Title: King of Babylon" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Capital: Babylon" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Unified most of Mesopotamia through diplomacy and military conquest" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 19: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 23: "Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 25: "Not the earliest code (preceded by Code of Ur-Nammu) but the most complete" - what is the source?
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> Roth (1997) [^1] and Harper (1904) [^2].
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- [x] `@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?
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> Still accurate. Roth (1997) remains a standard reference.
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- [x] `@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?
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> Still accurate. Harper (1904) remains a standard reference. |