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Conquests of Hammurabi

1792 BCE – 1750 BCE · 42 years

Hammurabi of Babylon conquered the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari and forced Assyria to pay tribute, uniting almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule for the first time.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Babylon (Hammurabi)
  • Larsa
  • Eshnunna
  • Mari
  • Assyria

Key moments

Defining events in the Conquests of Hammurabi.

  1. 1763 BC Fall of Larsa
  2. 1761 BC Destruction of Mari

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Dead Sea

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Elam

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

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Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

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Elamite–Babylonian Wars

1764 BCE – 1150 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1792 BCE and 1750 BCE.

1764 BCE Elamite–Babylonian Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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Image credits4 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Elam Map-enFile:Near East topographic map-blank.svg : Sémhur File:Elam-map-PL.svg : Wkotwica derivat… · CC BY-SA 3.0