hammurabi
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Hammurabi& the Amorites
Defeat Akkadians by Violence and Smarts
Rim Sin of Larsa
1800 BCE
Mesopotamia is taken over again and is extended to the sea!
IrrigationBetter Buildings (ie temples) & wallsFair tax systemGovernment Housing
Roads at a 90 degree angle & straight(William Penn)1 Major God for all (Babylonia = Marduk)
Most influential of all his reforms was his code of law!
Some people say his code of law was cruel others feel that it was fair!