Hammurabi
Sign in to saveHammurabi (; ; Akkadian: ; ), also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari. He ousted Ishme-Dagan I, the king of Assyria, and forced his son Mut-Ashkur to pay tribute, bringing almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule.
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Hammurabi was the sixth king of the Old Babylonian Empire who, through military conquest, brought almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian control by defeating rival city-states and forcing Assyria to submit to his rule. He is historically significant because his reign marked a major consolidation of power in ancient Mesopotamia, establishing Babylon as the dominant regional force.
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- Born
- c. 1810 BC
- Died
- 1750 BC
- Works
- 28
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- Text of the Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon (about 2250 B.C.)
- Hammurabi's Gesetz
- Lettres de Ḫammurapi a Sǎmǎs-Ḫâṣir
- The Babylonian laws
- Codex Ḫammurabi
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15 sectionsContents
- Life
- Background and ascension
- Reign and conquests
- Family
- Code of laws
- Legacy
- Posthumous commemoration
- Political legacy
- Relationship to Biblical figures and Mosaic law
- References
- Notes
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Hammurabi (; ; Akkadian: ; ), also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari. He ousted Ishme-Dagan I, the king of Assyria, and forced his son Mut-Ashkur to pay tribute, bringing almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule.
Hammurabi is best known for having issued his law code, ostensibly a revelation from Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice. Unlike earlier Sumerian law codes, such as the Code of Ur-Nammu, which had focused on compensating the victim of the crime, the Law of Hammurabi was one of the first law codes to place greater emphasis on the physical punishment of the perpetrator. It prescribed specific penalties for each crime and is among the first codes to establish the presumption of innocence. They were intended to limit what a wronged person was permitted to do in retribution. The Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses in the Torah contain numerous similarities.