Hammurabi

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1. Hammurabi - Noun

2. Hammurabi - Proper noun

Meaning

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)

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Angered by Larsa's failure to come to his aid, Hammurabi turned on that southern power, thus gaining control of the entirety of the lower Mesopotamian plain by c. 1763 BC. Source: Internet

Although Babylon was quite a small state in the Sumerian, it grew tremendously throughout the time of Hammurabi 's rule. Source: Internet

Another record was in the Code of Hammurabi (ca.1772 BCE) specifically banning the selling of beer for money. Source: Internet

David P. Wright, Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi (Oxford University Press, 2009), page 3 and passim. Source: Internet

Eventually Hammurabi prevailed, ousting Ishme-Dagan I just before his own death. Source: Internet

Epileptic seizures are listed in the Code of Hammurabi (c. 1790 BC) as reason for which a purchased slave may be returned for a refund, and the Edwin Smith Papyrus (c. 1700 BC) describes cases of individuals with epileptic convulsions. Source: Internet

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