Readings in the Western Humanities, Volume 2
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: July 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780767415972
Subjects: Humanities; World - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Folklore & Mythology; Non-Classifiable; Civilization
First sentence: Hammurabi (?-1750 B.C.), who ruled Babylonia from about 1792 to 1750 B.C., is the most famous of the Amorite tribal kings who gained control of the lower Euphrates Valley (modern Iraq) about 2050 B.C.