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http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperialhistory.html Babylonia • About a thousand years after the ancient Sumerians, two new civilizations arose. • Assyrians in northern Mesopotamia. • Babylonia. southern Mesopotamia What do we know about Babylonia: King Hammurabi was a famous Babylonian King. Hammurabi wrote down and unified all the laws of ancient Babylonia . This set of laws, carved in clay, became known as Hammurabi’s Code. What was Hammurabi’s Code • A single, uniform code of laws • Unified diverse groups of people • Engraved in stone and posted all over the empire
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