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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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