WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, meaning “the kinsman is a healer, ‘’ from ˤAmmu, meaning “paternal kinsman", and Rāpi, meaning “healer"), was the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. He became king after his father abdicated, and was the first ruler of Babylonia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, (born, Babylon [now in Iraq]-died c. 1750 bce), sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon (reigning c. 1792–1750 bce), noted for his surviving set of laws, once considered the oldest promulgation of laws in human history. See Hammurabi, Code of.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi’s Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hammurabi is portrayed receiving the laws directly from Shamash the sun god. (a parallel to Moses can be made here). Shamash is the dominant figure-he is seated on his throne, wears a crown composed of four pairs of horns, holds a ring and staff, and has flames issuing from his shoulders.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the prologue, Hammurabi claims to have been granted his rule by the gods “to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak".