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KING HAMMURABI OF BABYLON
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| By: |
Marc van de Mieroop |
| Format: |
Other digital |
| List price:
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£66.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470696095 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470696095 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
16 April, 2008 |
| Series: |
Blackwell Ancient Lives |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Description: |
* The first biography in English of the famous Babylonian lawgiver, King Hammurabi (fl. 1792 to 1750 BC). * Presents a well-rounded view of Hammurabi's accomplishments. * Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments. * Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. * Draws on the King's own writings and on diplomatic correspondence that has only recently become available. * Explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code. * Demonstrates how Hammurabi's conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Near East, so that he was long remembered as one of the great kings of the past. * Written to be accessible to a general audience. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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