Hammurabi’s Origin
Hammurabi inherited the throne from his father, Sin-muballit, in 1792 BC, who was the fifth king of the first dynasty of Babylonia, reigning from 1748 BC to 1729 BC. Little else is known of either of parents of Hammurabi. There were actually only a few kings of Babylon leading up to Hammurabi. The was known [...]
Code Of Laws
Hammurabi was most well-known for his devised set of laws, called Hammurabi’s Code. The code was displayed openly, for all to see, so that no one could claim ignorance as an excuse. However, most scholars say that few people in that era could read. That may or may not be true; other researchers doubt that [...]
Wars In Mesopotamia
The kings before Hammurabi had begun to finally consolidate a rule over the internally feuding area of Babylonia. The area that Hammurabi inherited as king was not exactly large; before any of the preceding kings had really established themselves, Babylon was merely just another city-state in Mesopotamia. Eventually, the rulers before Hammurabi acquired some minor [...]
Uniting Mesopotamia
Because Hammurabi was assisted by his allies from the north, during the war in the south, the lack of soldiers in the north led to unrest amongst his people there. The simple fact was that, while Hammurabi had been busy working on one region of his empire, things began unraveling in another. But Hammurabi continued [...]
Hammurabi’s Modern Influence
Hammurabi’s code of laws would eventually migrate, whether written or spread by word of mouth into other lands. Eventually they had become some of the most basic influences for the laws of morality, gender and class distinction, and punishment for slavery, in other lands as well. One of the most important influences over the civilizations [...]