Hammurabi extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulfthrough the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and westward to thecoast of the Mediterranean Sea as king of Babylonia, and thegreatest ruler in the first Babylonian dynasty. Hammurabi isprimarily remembered for his codification of the laws governingBabylonian life.

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The king took over Babylonia when the times in Mesopotamia lie inconfusion, turmoil, and constant war. King after king manages torule a city-state or a small empire for a short time by conqueringneighboring city-states. But these kings are cruel to the people ofthe conquered city, rule unjustly, and leave turmoil and a strugglefor power. Hammurabi took over to be another kind a king who ruledto unite Mesopotamia under a just law.

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