organize the world's first code of laws and establish Babylon as the

dominant and successful Amorite city of its time. "Records written on

clay tablets show that Hammurabi was a very capable administrator and

a successful warrior. His rule spanned from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.

When he became king in 1792, he was still young, but had already

become entrusted with many official duties in his administration"

(Grolier). In the early years of his reign, Hammurabi mostly

participated in traditional activities, such as repairing buildings,

digging canals, and fighting wars. Yet later in his rule, Hammurabi

organized a unique code of laws, the first of its kind, therefore

making himself one of the world's most influential leaders.

Hammurabi was primarily influential to the world because of his

arranged under a variety of subjects. He sorted his laws into groups

was taken under oath. The code was severe in it's penalties,

code of laws was able to be maintained by invoking the authority of

emulated by civilizations of the future. For example, Semitic cultures

the gods and the state. Although the punishments were different than

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