Hammurabi: Rise of the Babylonians
The Ancients
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Hammurabi's Kingdom
Hammurabi was the son of a previous king and ascended to the throne after his father had been on the throne for 20 years. His kingdom at the time, if you say it's more of a minor kingdom, in regards to land, can we just imagine therefore him controlling the city of Babylon? Not too much. There's an estimate it was 60 kilometers by 160 kilometers an extent. So it's not tiny, but certainly wasn't on the scale of the bigger ones.
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