Old Babylonian Empire

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Bronze Age polity ancient Mesopotamian state historical empire

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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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Old Babylonian period	38
Babylonian Empire	7
Old Babylonian Kingdom	3
First Babylonian Dynasty	2
Old Babylonian	2
Akkad	1
Babylonian period	1
Babylonian rule under Hammurabi	1
Old Babylonian Empire canonical	1
Old Babylonian culture	1
Old Babylonian kingdom	1
Old Babylonian kingdom of Hammurabi	1
Old Babylonian kingdoms	1
Old Babylonian period (c. 2000–1595 BCE)	1
Old Babylonian period (early form)	1
Old Babylonian period Mesopotamia	1
Old Babylonian state	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age polity ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian state ⓘ historical empire ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom	clay tablets ⓘ inscribed stelae ⓘ
capital	Babylon ⓘ
centeredOn	Babylon ⓘ
chronologicalContext	Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
culturalInfluence	spread of Babylonian law and culture ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ trade ⓘ
endTime	circa 1595 BCE ⓘ
expandedOver	central Mesopotamia ⓘ southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
fallEvent	Hittite sack of Babylon ⓘ
fellTo	Hittite king Mursili I ⓘ
followedBy	Kassite period ⓘ surface form: Kassite dynasty of Babylon Kassite period ⓘ surface form: Middle Babylonian period
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
includedCity	Babylon ⓘ Eshnunna ⓘ Larsa ⓘ Mari ⓘ
knownFor	codification of laws ⓘ development of Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ literary texts and epics ⓘ territorial expansion in Mesopotamia ⓘ
language	Akkadian ⓘ
legalCode	Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
legalTradition	Mesopotamian law codes ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ
mainDeity	Marduk ⓘ
majorRuler	Hammurabi ⓘ Samsu-iluna ⓘ Sin-Muballit ⓘ Sumu-abum ⓘ Sumu-la-El ⓘ
militaryFeature	city-state armies under royal command ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ
peakUnder	Hammurabi ⓘ
politicalStatus	regional hegemon in Mesopotamia ⓘ
precededBy	Ur III dynasty ⓘ
reachedPeakInCentury	18th century BCE ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
startTime	circa 1894 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	Old Babylonian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Babylonian period
usedCalendar	lunar calendar ⓘ
usedScript	Old Babylonian cuneiform ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumer → laterIncorporatedInto → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

Code of Hammurabi → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Akkad → influenced → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian state

Nippur → continuedImportanceIn → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Marduk → cultPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

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

Amorites → culturalInfluenceOn → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian culture

Babylonians → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Babylonians → flourishedDuring → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period (c. 2000–1595 BCE)

Hammurabi → dynasty → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Babylonian Dynasty

Hammurabi → expandedInto → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkad

Hammurabi → era → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Hit → hasHistoryPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian period

Old Assyrian → closelyRelatedTo → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian

Enuma Elish → period → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period (early form)

Ancient Near East → importantEmpires → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian Kingdom

Jubayl → historicalRuler → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree → period → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

northern Babylonia → associatedWithState → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Babylonia

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian kingdom

northern Babylonia → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Babylonia

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Sumerian literature → locatedInTime → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Ur III period → followedBy → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Kassite period → follows → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Kassite period → precededBy → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Nuska → worshipPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Niffer → religiousImportancePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Niffer → hasArchaeologicalStrataFrom → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Sarpanit → periodOfWorship → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Old Babylonian Empire → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Larsa → flourishedInPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Code of Lipit-Ishtar → historicalPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Sud → worshipPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Ishkur → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Enkidu → firstAttestedIn → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Ninsun → worshipPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Assyriology → studies → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire

Atrahasis → timePeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Ninurta → worshipPeriod → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Middle Babylonian → precededBy → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian

Akkadian Empire → culturalInfluenceOn → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire

Lower Mesopotamia → wasCenterOf → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian Kingdom

ancient trade route Via Maris → associatedWith → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Via Maris

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire

Arvad → laterRuledBy → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire

Sealand → relatedTo → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian Kingdom

Ebabbar → periodOfUse → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Tell Abu Habbah → period → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Babylonian period

Kingdom of Tyre → tradedWith → Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire