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.

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 ...

In addition to the temple of Marduk, the Ishtar Gate, and the stelae on which Hammurabi's Code was written, there are a few other notable structures there. Why did the city of Babylon become powerful?

[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 ...

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.

which was composed by King Hammurabi of the Old Babylonian Empire and is one of the oldest preserved legal texts. One prompt reads: “A slave stands before you. This slave has disrespected his ma ...