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Babylonia and
Assyria
Chapter 2 Lesson 3
The Rise of Hammurabi and
Babylonia
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Babylon: city-state of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi: king of Babylon 1792 B.C.
Clever leader, sought great power
Controlled all of Southern Mesopotamia &
neighboring city-states
Empire was known as Babylonia
Collected taxes throughout empire to support
army and pay for building projects
Babylonian Civilization
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Babylon was center of culture and learning
Code of Hammurabi
Set of 282 laws that governed the empire
Combined Sumerian and Akkadian laws:
Business
Property
Medical
Marriage
Children
Different punishments based on the
lawbreaker’s class & victim of crime
 “Eye for an eye” and “tooth for a tooth”
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The Assyrians
Northern Mesopotamia
 Influenced by Babylonia’s culture
 Great warriors
 In power in N Mesopotamia 1900 to 600
B.C.
 688 B.C. to 627 B.C. most powerful time
for Assyria
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Babylonia Grows
605 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar II, new king of
Babylon
 Controlled much of Assyria
 Returned Babylon to greatness:
 Tower of Babel
 Hanging Gardens
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Tower of Babel
Hanging Gardens
Babylon was a trading city
 Center of learning
 Mathematics
 Astronomy
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When Nebuchadnezzar II died so did the
Babylonian Empire
 Persians conquered in 539 B.C.
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