Hammurabi
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Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of Babylon, reigning from c. 1792 BC to c. 1750 BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. Duri
Hammurabi (left) receiving his royal insignia from Shamash (or possibly Marduk)
A limestone votive monument from Sippar, Iraq, dating to c. 1792 β c. 1750 BC showing King Hammurabi raising his right arm in worship, now held in the British Museum
Code of Hammurabi stele. Louvre Museum, Paris.
Tablet of Hammurabi (π©π π¬ππ, 4th line from the top), King of Babylon. British Museum.
Babylon
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Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the mai
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β¦throne as the king of a minor kingdom in the midst of a complex geopolitical situation. Hammurabi was an Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the power from his father, Sin-Muballit, around 1792 BC. Babylon was one of the many largely Amorite-ruled city-states that dotted theβ¦
Ishtar Gate
Babylon in 1932
"Entry of Alexander into Babylon", a 1665 painting by Charles LeBrun, depicts Alexander the Great's uncontested entry into the city of Babylon, envisioned with pre-existing Hellenistic architecture.
Original tiles of the processional street. Ancient Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq.