Hammurabi also known as Khammurabi and Ammurapi, assumed the throne of his father, Sin-Muballit, becoming the sixth king of the Amorite First Dyansty of Babylon, and reigned from 1792 to 1750 BCE. After taking the throne from his father, Hammurabi expanded his kingdom outwards, and continued to concquer all of ancient Mesopotamia, as the Babylonian Empire held minor cities before this time, such as Kish, Sippar and Borsippa. However, Hammurabi moved forward after coming into power, and pressed into the boarders of neighbouring empire through Militia means, and careful alliances that allowed him to reign over, and control all of anicent Mesopotamia before 1750 BCE.
When the Amorites invaded ancient Mesopotamia around 2000 BCE, a new empire became established, leading to the downfall of the once-great Akkadian Empire. With it, came a new set of rules and way of life. Now known as the Babylonianan empire, Preceding the death of his father, Sin-Muballit, Humboy came into power as king of what is now known as the Babylonian Empire, in 1792 BCE. expanding the border of z dynasty that would span yada yada, what now know today as the babylonian empire.
I believe that Hammurabi’s code was just. I have all of the laws and documents that support my claim as to why I think the code was just. I think that Hammurabi’s code was just because obviously these things had to have happened at least once or they wouldn’t have laws about it. So society needs to learn even if it means having that harsh of a punishment. Having that harsh of a punishment actually helps because society sees that if they do that specific crime, they will get a really bad punishment so that prevents it from happening.
Hammurabi was a ruler of Babylonia four thousand years ago. He ruled for 42 years and 30 of those years he only was in control of the city of Babylon. After quarrels with two neighboring places, which were Larsa in the south and Mari in the north. He had victories over the two and spread his empire over the two places and his land grew. During his rule, Hammurabi realized that he would need to change some things.
During the year of 586 BCE the Babylonians build the First Temple which was the foundation to the Jewish people. Alternatively, the Persian Empire which ruled from 583 BC until 333 BC . King Cyrus 11 “Cyrus the Great” expand his empire from Persia to Babylon. However, the Babylon population of jews was high since they were being attack. King Cyrus allowed the Jews to go back to Jerusalem.
The city of Babylon was the capital of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia. Babylon was a weak city which seeked independence from its neighbor, Assyria. Although the Babylonians were ruled by the Kassites in 1595 B.C., in 626 B.C., it was under the reign of the Assyrians. In the year 626 B.C., the Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal, passed away. It was then after that word had spread hastily throughout the land and Nabopolassar appeared to declare himself the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
He came into Anatolia and was able to overthrow the kingdom of Lydia. Cyrus the Great’s generals conquered the Greek cities along the coast of Anatolia, therefore it gained him the important ports on the Mediterranean. From Lydia, Cyrus went into the far eastern corners of Iran and then conquered the regions of Parthia and Bactria. Due to a disagreement between people, it weakened the Babylonians, and they welcomed Cyrus as a liberator when he and his soldiers moved into their kingdom in 539 B.C.E., therefore over throwing the Chaldean kings. With these victories that Cyrus had, he demonstrated to the world his disposition to do good and his military might.
The conquer was a success, and the Median Empire became expanded. By the year 550 BCE, Cyrus wanted to rebel against the Medes, To accomplish this he needed to unite his companions of local tribes to defeat the admirable Median Empire. As he built his men, he also had to consider in a very wise way to set up a strategy that will not fail the invasion. Successfully, he gained full control of the Median Empire with the help of local tribes, friends, and kinsmen. “The Medes ruled the Persians until 550 BCE, when the tables were turned by Cyrus the Great.”
A golden age of an empire is a breeding ground for new ideas. The Persian empire’s greatest leader Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great not only allowed these ideas but developed them to create the powerful Persian empire. As Cyrus the Great took the throne of the Persian empire in 550 BC he was beginning 200 years of growth under the Achaemenian dynasty. The Persian empire is well known for theirs Armenian-influenced military which they used to conquer most of the middle east and parts of Asia and Africa. As the empire grew feudal administration was implemented.
Four thousand years ago, Hammurabi was the King of Babylon, a city state and later on in 1792 BCE ruled much of Mesopotamia too. There was a population of 1,000,000 people, so Hammurabi had to create a set of laws to keep order and peace. “Hammurabi’s Code” was a total of 282 laws written on a stele, which is a big stone pillar. Since, Mesopotamia was so fertile and society was based on agriculture, a lot of the laws made were about farming. In addition, the social classes of Babylon were broken up as landowners, free people who did not own land, and slaves.
Cyrus the Great achieved control over the prehistoric Near East, Egypt, and portions of India in relatively no time. The Persian Empire was the most prevalent empire to ever be established. The Persian Empire traversed from Egypt in the west, towards Turkey in the north, and through Mesopotamia into the Indus River in the east. The Persian Empire persisted from 539 to 330 B.C. The country of present day Iraq was Persia.
The Assyrian empire and the Persian empire were two of the earliest major empires in the world. The Assyrians came in to power first, ruling from 900 BC to about 600 BC and with the help of Cyrus the Great, the Persians rose to power around 550BC. The Assyrian and Persian militaries shared many similarities, but they also differed in some aspects. Some of their similarities include their battle tactics, the organization of their armies, and their success in conquering societies. One of the major differences that stood out the most was that the Assyrians used a more brutal approach when conquering and the Persians used a more enlighten approach and were more tolerant.
Ancient civilizations began in areas that had arable land and other features such as rivers. Civilizations succeeded in these environments because they could settle down and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Because the land was arable, agriculture prospered and people relied on the geography to grant them the elements needed for survival. In China and Egypt, geography greatly influenced and affected the lives of the people living there because of the prosperous rivers and large natural barriers.
Sapp John Sapp Hensley English 11/ Fourth Period 05 February 2018 Part 12: Rough Draft “Babylon Revisited” is a very detailed and well written story that has many ups and downs bound to leave the reader on the edge of their seat. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many different types of writing techniques in “Babylon Revisited” to make this story grab the reader’s attention even more so than some of his previous works. Fitzgerald’s style portrays one of the most important aspects of this book by far, setting the tone for this story giving you more details throughout.
The Egyptian Middle Kingdom and Babylonia had many similarities related in geography. Despite this they also had numerous distinct differences. Fundamental similarities manifested as care for the people by the rulers which had recently developed in both societies. As the rulers were no longer concerned with only themselves, but the citizens as well. Both societies had military protection although Babylon organized and conquered the Fertile Crescent and later Egypt.
