King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Blackwell Ancient Lives)

Pricing & Availability •  List Price: $29.95 •  Our Price: $28.45   •  You Save: $1.50 (5%) •  Availability: Usually ships same day •  Number In Stock: 2  Product Details •  Written By: Marc Van de Mieroop •  Softcover: 171 pages •  Publisher: Blackwell Publishing (January 2005) •  ISBN-10: 1405126604 •  ISBN-13: 9781405126601 •  In-Print Editions: Softcover (Blackwell Publishers) READY TO BUY?   or   Notify us about errors in our data. Publisher's Comments: 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 About the Author(s) : Marc Van De Mieroop is Professor of Ancient Near East History at Columbia University, New York. He has written numerous books and articles, including most recently A History of the Ancient Near East, c. 3000–323 BC (Blackwell Publishing, 2004)

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