Around 2000 BC, King Hammurabi created the empire of Babylonia and named the then small city of Babylon its centre. Under Hammurabi the Babylonian empire became very powerful and the city of Babylon became the largest city in the world at the time. King Hammurabi developed a code of written laws in the Babylonian language that everyone in Babylonia, rich or poor, had to follow.

King Hammurabi...

• was born in Babylon.
• improved the city of Babylon.
• developed the Babylonian language.
• created a city centre in Babylon.