Code of Hammurabi Archive
Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Most scholars agree the ancient Sumerians were the earliest developed civilization in our recorded history. Mesopotamia is, therefore, often characterized as the cradle
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ninkasi was a Sumerian goddess of beer and alcohol worshiped in Mesopotamia, an area between the large rivers known as Tigris and Euphrates, that
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Hittites were once one of the most powerful ancient civilizations that occupied the ancient region of Anatolia. This long-gone culture has greatly interested
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Kilns have been used since very ancient time to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. A kiln is an oven or furnace or a
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Historical Figures
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Babylon was home to some powerful dynasties and rulers. Hammurabi. Image credit: Windu1789 - CC BY-SA 4.0 One of them was Hammurabi,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the great personalities of the ancient world is Hammurabi. Proud of his military achievements as a ruler of Babylon, he wanted
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of banks can be traced to ancient Babylonian temples in the early 2nd millennium BC. In Babylon at the time of
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