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BABYLONIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Babylon’s greatest monarch who conquered all of Mesopotamia?
A
Hammurabi
B
Nebuchadnezzar
C
Xerxes
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, including the Mosaic Law of the Bible. He was the first ruler able to successfully govern all of Mesopotamia, without revolt, following his initial conquest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hammurabi ruled from about 1792-1750 BC. The beginning of Hammurabi’s reign was peaceful. As a defensive measure, Hammurabi had the walls around Babylon improved, and through diplomacy, made allies with many of the cities north of Babylon. In the last ten years of his reign, Hammurabi conquered Lower Mesopotamia.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Amorite ruler Hammurabi (unknown–1750 B.C.), crowned king of Babylon around 1792 B.C., was both an avid warrior and a shrewd administrator who honored the traditions of Sumer, Akkad, and other lands he brought under his authority. He could be merciless to enemies, destroying cities that defied him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Angered by Larsa’s failure to come to his aid, Hammurabi turned on that southern power, thus gaining control of the entirety of the lower Mesopotamian plain by c. 1763 BC.

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