Ruler · Middle and Late Bronze Age · Iraq

Hammurabi

c. 1810–c. 1750 BC

King of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750 BC, who made the city the master of Mesopotamia. His law code, carved on a tall stone pillar, is one of the earliest full sets of written laws to survive. The code set out punishments and prices for a whole society, from nobles to slaves.

Facts

Born: About 1810 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hammurabi
Died: About 1750 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hammurabi
Reign: About 1792 to 1750 BC, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hammurabi
Realm: Babylon, raised to rule over Sumer and Akkad.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hammurabi
Known for: The Code of Hammurabi, inscribed on a diorite stele now in the Louvre.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hammurabi

Images

The Code of Hammurabi stele, showing the king receiving the laws from Shamash (Louvre, photograph via Wikimedia Commons)

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