The Code of Hammurabi (King of Babylon) Explained

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The story of Hammurabi is the story of forty-three years jampacked with conquest, temple and wall building, irrigation efforts, and lawmaking, but it’s also a story of broken relations and rising and falling empires.

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[Ben-ggin]

One of the Codes of Hammurabi: Anyone making an accusation without evidence would be put to death....

[Horseprincess]

Ty for the video my history teacher is teaching us about this and I need to do my homework so this helped

[IHeart_Catz]

thank u so much! I need this for my presentation! :)

[keevancrawford]

I have a feeling King Narmer and King Nimrod is the same person or related to Hammurabi. Sumer to Sudan, Ham via Canaan (or sea)

[ancaprodan]

Short and clear.
I understand now.
Thank you.

[meganmoondust]

The amount of comments that question the years it said he ruled is shocking. No, he didn’t rule for 150 years, it was supposed to say 1750, which really should be common sense because obviously he didn’t live 150 years. Also, BC counts down, he did not “rule backwards” <- those comments really had me dying😂 …. BC counts down, counting up started with the AD period, which was AFTER the BC period. Y’all have me cracking up. 😂😂

[izzabellahardin]

i like this video cause i am learning about hammurari

[exposeevil]

Isn't he the same as Nimrod? Do you guys know that Albert mackey says Nimrod is the first Grand master Mason

[mdharamuddie]

My question is how did Hamurabbi get to have a name that is Bantu, specifically the current Shona people of Zimbabwe who ruled the Great Zimbabwe???

[VeesUOYTube]

From 1792 to 1950 bce ? He went back in time?

[rodneyclark]

Yikes!! Credibility diminished when you said H ruled from 1792 BCE to 1950 BCE . . .

[JustT]

Was religion involved in Hammurari's decision to formulate these rules? Where did he get the moral ideas from?
Did this predate Hebrew law?

[such_a_delight]

I showed this to my Global History class.

[moochiyourmostepikcreator]

THIS WAS SO INTERESTING WHAT😭 anyways #stanhammurabi

[LiterallyGod]

Hold on hold on hold on

“Ruled from 1792 to 1950 BC”

What? He ruled for over 150 years and in reverse?

[gmilkboy]

It was good until the part where you said the Bible was influenced this code, but really Hammurabi got influences from other traditions. There is even older codes then this like the legal traditions of the Israelites.

[clobbyhops]

So he was 158 years old older when he died

[Babyinyallow]

I've lived 4 440000 years and never heard of this

[KB-gdgg]

Well can't use any info from here if you believe Hammurabi ruled for 160 years

[SivaN_Pandian_kumarikandam]

Hammurabi is Amorites... Amorites are Tamils...

Elam Mari civilization are Tamil civilization