# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hammurabi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:32:58.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hammurabi"
name: "Hammurabi"
slug: "hammurabi"
description: "He conquered Mesopotamia in the 18th century BC, but what keeps his name in circulation is the law code — one of the first to flip the script from compensating victims to punishing perpetrators, and to bake in presumption of innocence."
tagline: "Sixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BCE)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F0182_Louvre_Code_Hammourabi_Bas-relief_Sb8_rwk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-1810"
deathDate: "-1750"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           71.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.437048
  currentAttention:     13.96428571428572
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 72
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Hammurabi"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%83%E1%88%99%E1%88%AB%E1%89%A2"
    title: "ሃሙራቢ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "حمورابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "حمورابى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Hammurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "حمورابی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurapi"
    title: "Hammurapi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamurabis"
    title: "Hamurabis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8"
    title: "Хаммурапи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96"
    title: "Хамурапі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96"
    title: "Хамурапі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8"
    title: "Хамурапи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "হাম্মুরাবি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamurabi"
    title: "Hamurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Hammurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%86%DA%95%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "حامۆڕابی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammurabi"
    title: "Ammurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chammurapi"
    title: "Chammurapi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8"
    title: "Хаммурапи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Hammurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Hammurabi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurapi_I._(Babylon)"
    title: "Hammurapi I. (Babylon)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AF"
    title: "Χαμουραμπί"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hamurabi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hammurabi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Hammurabi took the throne of Babylon around 1792 BC after his father abdicated, then spent his reign swallowing city-states: Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari. He broke Assyria's king and forced his son into tribute, pulling nearly all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian control. The law code he issued — framed as a revelation from Shamash, god of justice — prescribed specific penalties for each crime and capped what victims could claim in retribution, a break from earlier Sumerian codes. He was worshipped as a god while alive, celebrated after death as the conqueror who spread civilization and made the world bow to Marduk. His military wins faded from memory, but the lawgiver stuck: later kings claimed him as ancestor, and even after his empire crumbled, Mesopotamians used his reign as the zero-point for dating the past. Archaeologists pulled him back into view in the late 19th century, and he's been lodged in the history of law ever since.