King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography
Book Details
Author(s)
Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN / ASIN
1405126604
ISBN-13
9781405126601
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#1,377,316
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments.
- Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom.
- Draws on the King s own writings and on diplomatic correspondence that has only recently become available.
- Explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code.
- Demonstrates how Hammurabi s conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Near East, so that he was long remembered as one of the great kings of the past.
- Written to be accessible to a general audience.
