HAMMURABI THE GREAT

HAMMURABI

• Hammurabi grew up in ancient Mesopotamia.
• Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 BC to 1750 BC.
• Hammurabi became king after his father died.
• Hammurabi was the first Dynasty King the Babylonian Empire

Hammurabi's Code

• Hammurabi came up with ruthless laws because he thought would bring peace.
• Hammurabi thought this because he wanted laws no one would dare to break.
• Hammurabi' Code has a collection of 282 laws.
• The laws was to bring peace and set standards for conduct and justice.

HAMMURABI

• Hammurabi didn't fight in any important wars in his early rein.
• Hammurabi took care of Babylon he built bigger buildings and taller city walls.
• Hammurabi and his ally Larsa joined Mary and was able to conquer Elimates.
• Hammurabi prepared for a battle when Larsa's army didn't show.
• Soon after Hammurabi won the he went to conquer Larsa.

HAMMURABI

• Hammurabi takes the credit reuniting most of Mesopotamia.
• Hammurabi reunited the nation by planing several military campaigns.
• The plan Hammurabi was to gain control of the Tigris an Euphrates River.
• Hammurabi began the campaign by conquering Uruk and Isin.

HAMMURABI

• Hammurabi changed a lot of the way Mesopotamia.
• One way Hammurabi did this was transforming small cities to large cities.
• Hammurabi was the greatest king of his dynasty.
• Hammurabi showed this by extending his empire, he was the first one to do it since Sargon Akkan.

HAMMURABI

• Most of Hammurabi's rule was on law, defense work, and religious buildings.
• Even though Hammurabi was a successful military man he is known for his ruthless laws.
• During his reign he supervised navigation,irrigation,tax collections, and many temples and buildings.
• Hammurabi's last achievement was to shift the theater of Mesopotamia northward.