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Hammurabi's code for ancient Mesopotamian society was important because, for the first time, a set of laws was known to be written. This suggested not only literacy rates were high, but people knew what was no longer allowed.

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It became important to mesopotamia when Hammurabi made it the capital of his kingdom of Babylonia, and became the leader of it

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Q: Why was Babylon important to mesopotamia it was important because hammurabi was leader of babylon which was in mesopatmia?
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Where was Hammurabi's code in scripted?

In Babylon within Mesopotamia


Hammurabi was a king of which civilization in the Fertile Crescent?

it was in babylon of Mesopotamia


Was hammurabi the first king of Mesopotamia?

As a matter of fact, Babylon came after Mesopotamia and he was the sixth king of Babylon.


Was the Babylon Empire in 1754 bc was all of Mesopotamia or just northern Mesopotamia?

By 1754 the Babylonians and Hammurabi had conquered ALL of Mesopotamia


Where was the Hammurabi made?

Hammurabi was a strict ruler of Babylon, situated in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is Greek for "Land between the rivers." This is because Mesopotamia, also known as the fertile crescent, Was in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia is mostly situated in what is now Iraq, although these rivers also run through Syria, Turkey, and other middle Eastern Countries on the Arabian Peninsula. Hammurabi's Code was created by Hammurabi in ancient Babylon.


Did the babylonian empire include all of mesopotamia?

yes its was the Hammurabi was the king of Babylon a small city-state in central Mesopotamia


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

Babylon


Famous people in mesopotamia?

Hammurabi was the most famous person in Mesopotamia. He made the famous laws the code of Hammurabi.Hammurabi was the famous king of Babylon Mesopotamia. He created the famous laws of Hammurabi's Code. He had them carved in stone, standing almost 7.5 feet! On top of it stood a carving of himself.


What civilization was King Hammurabi ruling?

Hammurabi ruled the ancient Babylon kingdom.


Where was the city of Babylon and why was it important?

In mesopotamia


Hammurabi established a set of laws known as what?

That is the Code of Hammurabi which is a well-preserved Babylonian law code with 282 laws for Babylon and all Mesopotamia.


When was Hammurabi born and where?

King Hammurabi of Babylonia lived in the capital of Babylonia, Babylon. Babylonia is in southern Mesopotamia which means "land between two rivers". Mesopotamia is between the Euphrates and the Tigris River in the Fertile Crescent. King Hammurabi was the one who created the Code of Hammurabi (a set of 282 rules for citizens of Babylon).