Old Babylonian Empire
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The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.
All labels observed (17)
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Target entity: Old Babylonian Empire Context triple: [Sumer, laterIncorporatedInto, Old Babylonian Empire]
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Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.
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Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
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Sumer
Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.
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Akkadians
The Akkadians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia who established one of the world’s first empires under rulers like Sargon of Akkad.
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Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian is an early dialect of the Akkadian language used in the ancient city-state of Assur and in Old Assyrian trade colonies during the early second millennium BCE.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Old Babylonian Empire Target entity description: The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.
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Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.
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Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
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Sumer
Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.
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Akkadians
The Akkadians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia who established one of the world’s first empires under rulers like Sargon of Akkad.
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Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian is an early dialect of the Akkadian language used in the ancient city-state of Assur and in Old Assyrian trade colonies during the early second millennium BCE.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age polity
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ancient Mesopotamian state ⓘ historical empire ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidenceFrom |
clay tablets
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inscribed stelae ⓘ |
| capital | Babylon ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Babylon ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Middle Bronze Age ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | spread of Babylonian law and culture ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1595 BCE ⓘ |
| expandedOver |
central Mesopotamia
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southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| fallEvent | Hittite sack of Babylon ⓘ |
| fellTo | Hittite king Mursili I ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Kassite period
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surface form:
Kassite dynasty of Babylon
Kassite period ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Babylonian period
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| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| includedCity |
Babylon
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Eshnunna ⓘ Larsa ⓘ Mari ⓘ |
| knownFor |
codification of laws
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development of Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ literary texts and epics ⓘ territorial expansion in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| legalCode | Code of Hammurabi ⓘ |
| legalTradition | Mesopotamian law codes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Marduk ⓘ |
| majorRuler |
Hammurabi
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Samsu-iluna ⓘ Sin-Muballit ⓘ Sumu-abum ⓘ Sumu-la-El ⓘ |
| militaryFeature | city-state armies under royal command ⓘ |
| partOf | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| peakUnder | Hammurabi ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | regional hegemon in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ur III dynasty ⓘ |
| reachedPeakInCentury | 18th century BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1894 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Old Babylonian Empire
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Old Babylonian period
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| usedCalendar | lunar calendar ⓘ |
| usedScript | Old Babylonian cuneiform ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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Subject: Old Babylonian Empire Description of subject: The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.
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