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  title info:
    title: King Hammurabi of Babylon
    sub title: a biography
  name:
    name part: Van de Mieroop, Marc.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    place:
      place term: Malden, MA
    publisher: Blackwell Pub.
    date issued: ©2005
    date issued: 2005
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages : : illustrations, map.)
  abstract: This book presents the first biography written in English of the famous Babylonian lawgiver, King Hammurabi, who ruled from 1792 to 1750 BC. It presents a well-rounded view of this ancient Mesopotamian king's accomplishments, by drawing on the extensive writings of his time, including those by Hammurabi himself. Numerous letters and reports by ambassadors to his court and others are presented in translation. In this book the author traces Hammurabi's career as diplomat and conqueror, describing how he dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom to create the large state of Babylon. He explores the administration of the kingdom and looks at the legacies of Hammurabi's rule, especially his legal code, the earliest complete body of legal instructions in world history. The book demonstrates how Hammurabi's conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Middle East and shows that Hammurabi was long remembered by the ancient Mesopotamians as one of the greatest kings of the past.
  table of contents: The early years -- The defeat of Elam -- The annexation of Larsa -- The overthrow of Eshnunna -- Supremacy in the north -- The sack of Mari -- Governing the new state -- Hammurabi, the lawgiver -- Hammurabi's character -- Hammurabi's legacy -- On writing Hammurabi's biography.
  note: Marc Van de Mieroop.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-iq---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: King of Babylonia
      name part: Hammurabi
  subject:
    topic: Kings and rulers, Ancient
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: Babylonia
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: Babylonia
    topic: Kings and rulers
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Kings and rulers
    geographic: Iraq
    geographic: Babylonia
    genre: Biography
  classification: DS73.35 .V36 2005
  classification: 935.02092
  classification: B
  classification: DS 73.35 V265 2005
  classification: 8
  classification: NG 4000
  classification: 935.02
  related item:
    identifier: (DLC) 2004013272
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Blackwell ancient lives
  identifier: 9780470696095 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0470696095 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1405126590
  identifier: 9781405126595
  identifier: 1405126604
  identifier: 9781405126601
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 230502
    record change date: 20260214210948.7
    record identifier: in00004677094
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng