The empire of Hammurabi: 18th century BC
Babylon is just one among many small kingdoms in
Mesopotamia when Hammurabi becomes its ruler in about
1728 BC. He defeats his rivals in the region, and establishes
a society based on the rule of law (famous also for the skill
of its astronomers and mathematicians ). By the end of his
reign the whole of Mesopotamia is under central control for
the first time since the empire of Sargon, 500 years earlier.
The society over which Hammurabi presides is vividly
reflected in the famous code of laws, the Code of
Hammurabi , which towards the end of his life the king
orders to be inscribed on a stele, or upright stone pillar -
the only way, at the time, of publishing them.
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