Hammurabi

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• Hammu Rabi
• Hammu Rapi
• Hammu-rabi
• Hammu-rapi
• Khammu Rabi
• Khammu Rapi
• Khammu-rapi
• Khammurabi
• Khammurapi
• King Hammurabi
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1. (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, "the kinsman is a healer," from ˤAmmu, "paternal kinsman," and Rāpi, "healer"; (ca. 1795 – 1750 BC middle chronology) was the sixth king of Babylon

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2. Under the rules of Hammurabi's successors, the Babylonian Empire was weakened by military pressure from the Hittites, who sacked Babylon around 1600 BC

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3. became the first king of the Babylonian Empire, extending Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms

   

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4. Although his empire controlled all of Mesopotamia at the time of his death, his successors were unable to maintain his empire

   

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5. known for the set of laws called Hammurabi's Code, one of the first written codes of law in recorded history

   

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6. 

   Map showing the Babylonian territory upon Hammurabi's ascension in c. 1792 BC and upon his death in c. 1750 BC

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7. 

   An inscription of the Code of Hammurabi

   

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8. 

   The upper part of the stele of Hammurabi's code of laws

   

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9. Etymology of the word 'Hammurabi'

   

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10. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over six feet tall that was found in 1901

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11. A Closer Look at the Code of Hammurabi (Louvre museum)

    

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12. a First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the throne from his father, Sin-muballit, in ca. 1792 BC

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13. best known for the promulgation of a new code of Babylonian law: the Code of Hammurabi

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