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

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 – a representative of the I Babylonian (Amorean) dynasty, inherited power from his father Sin-muballit. 2) Sin-muballit. The founder of the dynasty was called Sumu-Abum (literally “son of the father”). 3) Hammurabi expanded the borders of the state and for the first time declared the Babylonian kingdom. He defeated Rim-Sin, the king of Larsa, Sumer and Akkad. Also, Hammurabi strengthened the economy, under him many irrigation canals were built, the centralization of the state and royal power increased. 4) The laws of Hammurabi helped to create uniform norms of law, supplement the unwritten norms of behavior.