M4-10a The Palace of Zimri-Lim M4-19 M3-30a M4-20 Southwest - PDF document

M4-10a

The Palace of Zimri-Lim M4-19

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Southwest Corner Southeast Corner M4-21

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Bull Sacrifice Fresco (Mari) M4-24

Investiture Fresco M4-25

Investiture Fresco M4-26

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Old Babylonian cylinder seal M4-27

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The Growth of Hammurabi’s Empire (by regnal year) • Years 1-10 – attacks Uruk and Isin – peace with Assyria (Shamshi-Adad I) M4-28a

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The Growth of Hammurabi’s Empire (by regnal year) • Years 11-29 – alliance with Zimri-Lim (Mari) – by Hammurabi’s 30 th year, four-way balance of power: Assyria, Babylon, Mari and Larsa M4-29a

The Growth of Hammurabi’s Empire (by regnal year) • Years 30-31 – Hammurabi defeats a coalition of Elamites, Guti and Assyrians – conquers Larsa and conquers all traditional cities of Mesopotamia • Years 32-33 – after two-year siege, Hammurabi defeats Zimri-Limri and captures Mari – calls himself “King of the Four Corners” M4-29b

The Growth of Hammurabi’s Empire (by regnal year) • Years 34-35 – Mari revolts and Hammurabi destroys the city – fires preserve the records of Mari (the Mari trove) • Years 36-38 – defeats the Assyrians – only Elam and Syria are not under Hammurabi’s control – largest empire yet in Mesopotamian history M4-29c

Votive Monument of Hammurabi M4-30

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Hammurabi’s Law-code (Stele) M4-32

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Mushkenum M4-30

Terracotta Cone of Lipit-Ishtar, the King of Isin M4-36

Hammurabi’s Law-code (Stele) M4-32

Kneeling Statue of Hammurabi M4-37

Window”: “Woman Nimrud in the ivory, M4-39

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Hittite Stele M4-40

Old Babylonian cylinder seal ca. 1850-1800 BCE, hematite, 2.6 cm M4-41

Babylonian Word-List, from the Persian period (ca. 455 BCE) M4-42