WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The city began its rise to power in 1792 BC when King Hammurabi took the throne. He was a powerful and capable leader who wanted to rule more than just the city of Babylon. Not long after becoming King, Hammurabi began to conquer other city-states in the area.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geography largely determined the size and scope of the Babylonian Empire because all of its conquests followed the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The Babylonian Empire largely inhabited southern and central Mesopotamia, the “land between the rivers."

Detailed explanation-3: -Babylonia, ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq from around Baghdad to the Persian Gulf).

Detailed explanation-4: -Trade was critical to Old Babylonia, where many highly prized natural resources were scarce but agricultural goods were in surplus. A vibrant trading system developed, bringing manufactured goods and raw materials from as far as Turkey, and even India, 1, 500 miles away.