BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon etched a radical idea into stone: accountability . His code declared that if a builder rsquo;s negligence caused a house to collapse, killing its owner, the builder ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution ... In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one ...

The Amorites, including King Hammurabi, reign. The Hittites later conquer the city. 16th-11th centuries B.C. The Kassites conquer Babylon. Later, Chaldeans and Aramaeans struggle to control the city.

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a larger middle class than previously thought.