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About this book
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.
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Information
governing
the
new
state
97
Plate
7.1
Photograph
of
a
letter
written
by
Hammurabi
to
two
men
in
Larsa.
He
orders
them
to
pay
silver
to
a
merchant
so
that
a
man
captured
by
the
enemy
can
be
ransomed
(AbB
9
no.
32)
(YBC
4521,
courtesy
Yale
Babylonian
Collection)
the
enemy
has
taken,
give
10
shekels
silver
to
his
merchant
from
the
temple
of
Sin,
and
ransom
him.
32
Hammurabi’s
management
style
was
very
direct
and
the
letters
indicate
that
anyone
could
turn
to
him
when
facing
a
problem.
He
either
rendered
a
verdict
and
directed
his
offi-
cials
to
carry
out
his
orders,
or
he
asked
them
to
investigate
the
matter
further.
Nothing
seems
to
have
been
too
trivial
Table of contents
- King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography