Hammurabi of Babylon defeated the Akkadians and extended Babylonian rule to the Mediterranean Sea during the Golden Age of Babylon in 1800 BCE. He established important reforms including an irrigation system, better buildings like temples and walls, a fair tax system, government housing, straight roads, and designating one major god for all of Babylonia. Perhaps his most influential reform was establishing one of the first written legal codes, which some saw as cruel but others viewed as fair.

1. Hammurabi & the Amorites

2. Defeat Akkadians by Violence and Smarts Rim Sin of Larsa

3. Golden Age of Babylon 1800 BCE Babylonia

4. Med Sea Mesopotamia is taken over again and is extended to the sea! Babylonia

5. Irrigation Better Buildings (ie temples) & walls Fair tax system Government Housing Roads at a 90 degree angle & straight (William Penn) 1 Major God for all (Babylonia = Marduk) Reforms

6. Most influential of all his reforms was his code of law! Some people say his code of law was cruel others feel that it was fair! Reforms

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