How did Hammurabi receive royal power? What was the name of the king who ruled in Babylon

| August 8, 2021 | education

1) How did Hammurabi receive royal power? 2) What was the name of the king who ruled in Babylon before Hammurabi? And what was the name of the king who founded the dynasty (a number of rulers from the same clan)? 3) What, apart from laws, is Hammurabi proud of? 4) For what purpose did he draw up his laws?

1) Hammurabi began to rule after the death of his father, that is, he received the throne by inheritance.

2) Father Hammurabi Sin-muballit.

3) Founder of the Amorean dynasty of Babylonia Sumu-Abum (“son of the father”).

4) Hammurabi declared Babylonia a kingdom, expanded the borders of the state, defeated Akkada and Sumer, built an irrigation system of canals, built many buildings, and under him increased the centralization of royal power. The Babylonian king raised the economy of the state through foreign trade.

5) The code of laws was necessary to strengthen power.



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