The Code of Hammurabi (In Our Time)
1,754 BCE · Resource
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in present day Iran, has affirmed Hammurabi's reputation as one of the first great lawmakers.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1754 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Maya civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
- Moses the lawgiver (1526 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation (1600 BCE)
- Minoan civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation ends (1900 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)