HISTORY PRESENTATION III g11 Hammurabi

Hammurabi

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Eye for eye tooth for tooth

Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon, is best known for the development of a code of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi, which was used to regulate Mesopotamian society.Hammurabi was born circa 1810 BCE, in Babylon, now modern-day Iraq. He transformed an unstable collection of city-states into a strong empire that spanned ancient Mesopotamia. Hammurabi’s lasting contribution to western society was his set of laws written on twelve stones and displayed publicly for all to see, the most common being, "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth." The laws are generally known as the Code of Hammurabi.

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The Code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king HammurabiThe Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi’s Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901Code of Hammurabi, the most complete and perfect extant collection of Babylonian laws, developed during the reign of Hammurabi

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Mesopotamian civilizations formed on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is today Iraq and Kuwait

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Hammurabi worked to improve the defenses and infrastructure of the city. He strengthened the city walls, improved the city's irrigation system, and built new temples to the gods. The city became prosperous and grew in power.

After Hammurabi's death, the Babylonian empire declined until 1595 bce, when the Hittite invader Mursil I unseated the Babylonian king Samsuditana, allowing the Kassites from the mountains east of Babylonia to assume power and establish a dynasty that lasted 400 years.

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