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Hammurabi of Babylon
Dominique Charpin
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Description for Hammurabi of Babylon
Hardback. Hammurabi was the sixth king of ancient Babylon and also its greatest. This book shows that Hammurabi, while certainly one of the most able rulers in the whole of prehistory, was also responsible for pivotal developments in the history of civilization. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Hammurabi was the sixth king of ancient Babylon and also its greatest. Expanding the role and influence of the Babylonian city-state into an imperium that crushed its rivals and dominated the entire fertile plain of Mesopotamia, Hammurabi (who ruled c. 1792-1750 BCE) transformed a minor kingdom into the regional superpower of its age. But this energetic monarch, whose geopolitical and military strategies were unsurpassed in his time, was more than just a war-leader or empire-builder. Renowned for his visionary Code of Laws, Hammurabi's famous codex - written on a stele in Akkadian, and publicly displayed so that all citizens could ... Read more
Hammurabi was the sixth king of ancient Babylon and also its greatest. Expanding the role and influence of the Babylonian city-state into an imperium that crushed its rivals and dominated the entire fertile plain of Mesopotamia, Hammurabi (who ruled c. 1792-1750 BCE) transformed a minor kingdom into the regional superpower of its age. But this energetic monarch, whose geopolitical and military strategies were unsurpassed in his time, was more than just a war-leader or empire-builder. Renowned for his visionary Code of Laws, Hammurabi's famous codex - written on a stele in Akkadian, and publicly displayed so that all citizens could ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848857520
SKU
V9781848857520
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About Dominique Charpin
Dominique Charpin is Professor of Mesopotamian Civilization at the Collège de France, France. An internationally recognized authority on the Ancient Near East, his publications include Reading and Writing in Babylon (2010), and two books written and published in French: La vie méconnue des temples mésopotamiens (2017) and 'Tu es de mon sang!': Les alliances dans le Proche-Orient ancien (2019). ... Read more
Reviews for Hammurabi of Babylon
'A thorough introduction to the life and times of one of the most prominent rulers in the history of ancient Mesopotamia, presented by one of the masters of Old Babylonian studies. In addition to detailing Hammurabi's military and political achievements, Dominique Charpin lucidly sketches the society and economy over which he ruled and of course discusses his famous "Law Code." ... Read more