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Babylonia
After the Sumerians, many cultures ruled parts of the Fertile
Crescent.
Babylonia
0 The Babylonians
conquered
Mesopotamia, united
Sumerian city-states,
and created a code of
law
0 1750 BC was the
height of the
Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi
Babylonia
0 Hammurabi
0 King (monarch) of Babylon
0 Monarch: the ruler of a kingdom or empire
0 During his rule Babylon became the most important city in
Mesopotamia
0 Brilliant war leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into his
Babylonian Empire
0 Oversaw building and irrigation projects and improved the
tax system
0 Hammurabi’s Code was a set of 282 written laws he created
that dealt with almost every part of daily life
Babylonia
0 Hammurabi’s Code – 282 laws
0 Ideas are still found in laws today
0 Specific crimes brought specific
penalties
0 Social class was taken into account.
It was a greater crime to injure a
rich man than a poor one.
0 It was uniqu not only because of
how thorough it was, but also
because he wrote it down for all to
see