Hammurabi

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Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon, best known for creating one of the earliest and most influential written legal codes in ancient Mesopotamia.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Babylonian king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury 18th century BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury 18th century BCE ⓘ
capital Babylon ⓘ
civilization Mesopotamia ⓘ
claimedAuthorityFrom Shamash ⓘ
culture Babylonian ⓘ
depictedWithDeity Shamash ⓘ
dynasty First Babylonian Dynasty ⓘ
era Old Babylonian period ⓘ
expandedInto Akkad ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
Larsa ⓘ
Mari ⓘ
influenced later Near Eastern legal traditions ⓘ
study of ancient law ⓘ
knownFor Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
centralization of power in Babylon ⓘ
expansion of the Babylonian Empire ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
legalCode Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
legalCodeFocus civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
legalCodeLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
legalCodeMedium diorite stele ⓘ
legalCodeNumberOfLaws 282 ⓘ
legalCodePrinciple lex talionis ⓘ
retributive justice ⓘ
legalCodeScript cuneiform ⓘ
majorArtifact stele of the Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
majorArtifactLocation Louvre Museum ⓘ
name Hammurabi ⓘ
notableAchievement standardization of laws across his empire ⓘ
unification of much of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule ⓘ
positionHeld King of Babylon ⓘ
predecessor Sin-Muballit ⓘ
region Ancient Near East ⓘ
reignEnd c. 1750 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 1792 BCE ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
sourceType cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
successor Samsu-iluna ⓘ
territoryRuled Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia

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Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babylon → associatedWithRuler → Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi → author → Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi → creator → Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi → reignOf → Hammurabi ⓘ
Ashur → conqueredBy → Babylonian king Hammurabi ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Amorites → notableRuler → Hammurabi ⓘ
Babylonians → notableRuler → Hammurabi ⓘ
Hammurabi → name → Hammurabi ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire → peakUnder → Hammurabi ⓘ
Larsa → conqueredBy → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Mari → destroyedBy → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → overthrownBy → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Shamshi-Adad I → contemporaryOf → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Amorite dynasty of Mari → destroyedBy → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Zimri-Lim → successor → Hammurabi of Babylon (as conqueror of Mari) ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Zimri-Lim → ally → Hammurabi of Babylon (initially) ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Zimri-Lim → conflict → Hammurabi of Babylon (later adversary) ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
Rim-Sin I → mainOpponent → Hammurabi ⓘ
Rim-Sin I → defeatedBy → Hammurabi ⓘ
Rim-Sin I → capturedBy → Hammurabi ⓘ
Rim-Sin I → successor → Hammurabi (as ruler of Larsa) ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
King of Babylon → positionHeldBy → Hammurabi ⓘ
Sin-Muballit → fatherOf → Hammurabi ⓘ
Sin-Muballit → child → Hammurabi ⓘ
Sin-Muballit → successor → Hammurabi ⓘ
Sin-Muballit → succeededBy → Hammurabi ⓘ
Samsu-iluna → predecessor → Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi stele → depicts → Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi stele → creator → Hammurabi ⓘ
Temple of Shamash (Larsa) → associatedRuler → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Shamash
linked to: Hammurabi
Larsa archaeological site → conqueredBy → Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi