when did hammurabi die
Babylonia, Iraq. c. 1750 BCE. Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi (born , Babylon [now in Iraq]âdied c. 1750 bce) sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon (reigning c. 1792â1750 bce), noted for his surviving set of laws, once considered the oldest promulgation of laws in human history. See Hammurabi, Code of.