Explore the captivating history of Hammurabi.

The story of Hammurabi is the story of 43 years jam-packed with conquest, temple- and wall-building, irrigation efforts, and lawmaking, but it’s also a story of broken relations and rising and falling empires. 

It’s a story of betrayal and shifting alliances, a story where even the gods take a backseat to the matters of common men. It’s a tale that’s both thousands of years old and, interestingly enough, just as contemporary as it was when Hammurabi still drew breath. And like all great tales of history, it’s a yarn that teaches the common man that no feat of greatness comes without a price and that human nature is just as complex as it was when Babylonians praised Marduk and hailed Hammurabi as a god in his own right.    

In Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi, you will discover topics such as:

• Babylon before Hammurabi: Position of the city in Mesopotamia, early rulers
• Rise of Hammurabi: Wars and achievements chronology of Hammurabi
• Reign of Hammurabi: Babylon during his reign, relations to other cities. Hammurabi’s Babylon
• Hammurabi’s character: physical appearance, relations with other rulers, glimpses of his personality
• The Code of Hammurabi and early Mesopotamian law
• Dissecting the code
• Hammurabi’s legacy
• And much, much more!