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There were 5 Amorite kings in Akkad. The 6th king brought the neighboring areas building the Babylon Empire. His name was Hammurabi. He is known for the code of laws.

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King Sin-Muballit in 1793 BCE.

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Was the Amorite who became king of Babylon?

Hammurabi


Did Hammurabi people hire him?

He was the sixth Amorite king of Babylon. He became king when his father quit being king.


What invading group took control of Babylon and was led by King Hammurabi?

Hammurbi led the Amorite army.


Was tbtr anorit who became king of babylon?

Belshazza and Nebuchadnezzar became kings of Babylon


When Babylon was found?

It was founded in 1894 b.c. when an Amorite chief Sumu-Abum captured the place and became the first king of the first dynasty.


Who became king of Babylon?

Hammurabi


What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian?

Hammurabi was a king of the First Amorite Dynasty of Babylon. Babylon had already begun to expand from a city-state to a kingdom under the rule of his father, Sin-Muballit who conquered the city-states of Borsippa, Kish, and Sippar. Hammurabi continued Babylon's expansion and developed it from a minor kingdom to a power which united Mesopotamia under his rule.


What city became the center of Hammurabi's mesopotamian empire?

Hammurabi was a king of the First Amorite Dynasty of Babylon. Babylon had already begun to expand from a city-state to a kingdom under the rule of his father, Sin-Muballit who conquered the city-states of Borsippa, Kish, and Sippar. Hammurabi continued Babylon's expansion and developed it from a minor kingdom to a power which united Mesopotamia under his rule.


What Jewish woman became queen of Babylon?

Esther became Queen when she married King Ahasuerus.


What Mesopotamian king became famous for his lawcode?

Hammurabi of Babylon, for the code of Hammurabi.


Was Hammurabi's capital and one of mesopotamia's greatest cities?

Babylon


Who was the babylonian emperor who took Babylon to its greatest zenith of power and built the hanging gardens of Babylon?

The founder of Babylon was Nimrod, and Babylon became an empire and a world power during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II (634 BC - 562 BC). But often referred to as the greatest king was King Hammurabi (1810 BC - 1750 BC).