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Hammurabi and the rise of Babylon, how one king forged Mesopotamia’s first great empire
In just four decades, Hammurabi transformed Babylon from an overlooked city-state into the dominant power of Mesopotamia. This chapter explores the wars, diplomacy, and revolutionary law code that ...
From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...
Barmash (Homicide in the Biblical World), director of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University, takes an illuminating and original look at the Laws of Hammurabi, “the first ...
Israeli archaeologists say they have found two 3,700-year-old clay tablets that appear to contain legal pronouncements similar to the Code of Hammurabi and the biblical "tooth for a tooth" rule. The ...
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