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Explore the Captivating History of Hammurabi
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The story of Hammurabi is the story of forty-three years jampacked with conquest, temple and wall building, irrigation efforts, and lawmaking, but it’s also a story of broken relations and rising and falling empires.
It’s a story of betrayal and shifting alliances, a story where even the gods take a backseat to the matters of common men. It’s a tale that’s both thousands of years old and, interestingly enough, just as contemporary as it was when Hammurabi still drew breath. And, like all great tales of history, it’s a yarn that teaches the common man that no feat of greatness comes without a price, and that human nature is just as complex as it was when Babylonians praised Marduk and hailed Hammurabi as a god in his own right.
In Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi, you will discover topics such as
- Babylon Before Hammurabi: Position of the City in Mesopotamia, Early Rulers
- Rise of Hammurabi: Wars and Achievements Chronology of Hammurabi
- Reign of Hammurabi: Babylon During His Reign, Relations to Other Cities
Hammurabi’s Babylon - Hammurabi’s Character: Physical Appearance, Relations with Other Rulers, Glimpses of His Personality
- The Code of Hammurabi and Early Mesopotamian Law
- Dissecting the Code
- Hammurabi’s Legacy
- And much, much more!
