{"slug": "hammurabi", "label": "Hammurabi", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36359", "qid": "Q36359", "description": "sixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BCE)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [-1791, -1594], "span_label": ["1792 BCE", "1595 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "babylonia", "label": "Babylonia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mari-syria", "label": "Mari, Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hittites", "label": "Hittites", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1791, "year_label": "1792 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (middle chronology) – Hammurabi rules Babylonia and has to deal with Mari, which he conquers late in his career.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1763, "year_label": "1764 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of Hammurabi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1756, "year_label": "1757 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1757 BC: Mari sacked by Hammurabi. Zimrilim's palace is destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1749, "year_label": "1750 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "c. 1750 BC: Hammurabi (middle chronology)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Deaths", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -1749, "year_label": "1750 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "c. 1750 BC: Hammurabi dies and is succeeded by his son, Samsu-iluna, who is already involved in Babylonian government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1748, "year_label": "1749 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1749 BC: Samsu-iluna succeeds Hammurabi as king of Babylon. However, his rule is not very effective, and Mesopotamia endures turmoil during his reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1685, "year_label": "1686 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1686 BC—Death of Hammurabi (short chronology)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300992863#Significant_people", "title": "1680s BC", "revid": 1300992863, "section": "Significant people"}}, {"year": -1594, "year_label": "1595 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "ca. 1595 BC—Mursili I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings an end to the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in that kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151077#Events_and_trends", "title": "1590s BC", "revid": 1307151077, "section": "Events and trends"}}]}