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Hammurabi was an Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the power from his father, Sin-Muballit, in c. 1792 BC. [5] Babylon was one of the many largely Amorite-ruled city-states that dotted the central and southern Mesopotamian plains and waged war on each other for control of fertile agricultural land. [ 6 ]
At the beginning of his reign, Hammurabi I sent troops to aid the Babylonian king Hammurabi against Siwe-Palar-Hupak of Elam who invaded Babylon. [5] Amut-Pi-El of Qatna tried to form an alliance with the Elamite king, [6] but Zimri-Lim of Mari warned Hammurabi I and the Elamite envoys were captured on the borders as they were trying to return ...
Fragment of the Code of Hammurabi.One of the most important institutions of Mesopotamia and the ancient world. It was a compilation of previous laws (Code of Ur-Namma, Code of Ešnunna) that were shaped and renewed in the time of Hammurabi and was made to be embodied in cuneiform script on sculptures and rocks in all public places throughout the ancient Babylonian state, heir to the Akkadian ...
By 1762 BC, Hammurabi managed to succeed in capturing the formidable power of Eshnunna, inheriting its well-established trade routes and the economic stability that came along with them. It was not long before Hammurabi's armies took Assyria and parts of the Zagros Mountains.
Reign Ref Name Reign Ref Name Reign Ref Name Reign Ref Name Reign Ref Name Reign Ref First dynasty of Isin: Dynasty of Larsa: Dynasty of Eshnunna: Puzur-Ashur dynasty: Ishbi-Erra: c. 2017–1985 BC [8] Naplanum: c. 2025–2005 BC [8] Ituria: uncertain [9] Puzur-Ashur I [a] uncertain [10] Emisum: c. 2004–1977 BC [8] Ilushuilia: uncertain [9 ...
Babylonian territory during Hammurabi's reign. ... Their real power, however, had been destroyed by the Persian invasion in 614. Lakhmid Kingdom
The short-lived Babylonian Empire quickly began to unravel upon the death of Hammurabi, and Babylonia quickly lost control over Assyria during the reign of Hammurabi's successor Samsu-iluna (1750–1712 BC).
Hammurabi (standing), a Babylonian king that claimed to be the king who made the four corners of the Earth obedient. This depiction is the top part of the Code of Hammurabi, today housed in the Louvre, Paris. Kings of the Four Corners in the Akkadian Empire: Naram-Sin (r. 2254–2218 BC) [5] Kings of the Four Corners of the Gutian dynasty of Sumer: