King Hammurabi of Babylon: A BiographyISBN: 978-1-4051-2659-5
Hardcover
188 pages
October 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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- The first biography in English of the famous Babylonian lawgiver, King Hammurabi (fl. 1792 to 1750 BC).
- Presents a well-rounded view of Hammurabi’s 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 Middle 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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