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.

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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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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