HammurabiInfobase Publishing, 2009 - 115 páginas Almost 4,000 years ago, a young king named Hammurabi inherited the small and unimportant city of Babylon in the region of Mesopotamia, now in present-day Iraq. Over his lifetime, Hammurabi expanded Babylon in size and in importance, making the city the mo |
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On Leadership | 6 |
Hammurabi King of Justice? | 13 |
Mesopotamia The Cradle of Civilization | 20 |
The Land of Sumer and Akkad | 38 |
Hammurabi Sixth in a Dynasty of Invaders | 48 |
The Conquest of Larsa and Eshnunna | 61 |
The Fall of Eshnunna and Mari | 72 |
The Laws of Hammurabi | 81 |
The Babylonian Empire and Hammurabis Legacy | 97 |
Chronology | 104 |
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Further Reading | 108 |
Photo Credits | 109 |
About the Authors | 115 |
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