Old Babylonian Empire

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The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.

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Nippur → continuedImportanceIn → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"

Marduk → cultPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"

Amorites → culturalInfluenceOn → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian culture"

Ur → declinedInPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"

Epic of Gilgamesh → earliestVersionDate → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"

Sippar → flourishedDuring → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"

Amorites → foundedDynasty → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "First Babylonian Dynasty"

Akkad → influenced → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian state"

Sumer → laterIncorporatedInto → Old Babylonian Empire →

Code of Hammurabi → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire →

this entity surface form: "Old Babylonian period"