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Hammurabi / by John Bankston.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Junior biography from ancient civilizationsPublisher: Hallandale, FL : Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2018Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781680200188
  • 1680200186
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The lawgiver -- Sidebar: Early writing -- Birth of Babylon -- Sidebar: The epic of Gilgamesh -- A time for peace, a time for war -- Sidebar: Weapons of war -- The Code of Hammurabi -- Sidebar: Hammurabi at the U.S. Supreme Court -- Set down in stone -- Sidebar: Home away from home -- Chronology -- Timeline.
Scope and content: "In the United States laws apply to everyone, they are written down, and they are not easily changed. It was not always like this. Over 3,000 years ago, a Middle Eastern king wanted to rule fairly. He had the laws of his kingdom written in stone, and then he shared the laws with his people. His name was Hammurabi and he ruled Babylon--where the country of Iraq is today--for over forty years. Although he expanded his country and won many wars, today he is best remembered for his code of laws. The way laws are written in the United States owes so much to Hammurabi that pictures of him can be seen in the House of Representatives"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Hammurab B218 Available 33111008681344
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"In the United States laws apply to everyone, they are written down, and they are not easily changed. It was not always like this. Over 3,000 years ago, a Middle Eastern king wanted to rule fairly. He had the laws of his kingdom written in stone, and then he shared the laws with his people. His name was Hammurabi and he ruled Babylon--where the country of Iraq is today--for over forty years. Although he expanded his country and won many wars, today he is best remembered for his code of laws. The way laws are written in the United States owes so much to Hammurabi that pictures of him can be seen in the House of Representatives"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The lawgiver -- Sidebar: Early writing -- Birth of Babylon -- Sidebar: The epic of Gilgamesh -- A time for peace, a time for war -- Sidebar: Weapons of war -- The Code of Hammurabi -- Sidebar: Hammurabi at the U.S. Supreme Court -- Set down in stone -- Sidebar: Home away from home -- Chronology -- Timeline.

"In the United States laws apply to everyone, they are written down, and they are not easily changed. It was not always like this. Over 3,000 years ago, a Middle Eastern king wanted to rule fairly. He had the laws of his kingdom written in stone, and then he shared the laws with his people. His name was Hammurabi and he ruled Babylon--where the country of Iraq is today--for over forty years. Although he expanded his country and won many wars, today he is best remembered for his code of laws. The way laws are written in the United States owes so much to Hammurabi that pictures of him can be seen in the House of Representatives"--Provided by publisher.

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