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The Code of Hammurabi: Compilation and Reception (c. 1760–1500 BCE)

1792 BCE - 1902

Temple of Marduk (Esagila): Constructions, Rituals, and Restorations (c. 1894 BCE–539 BCE)

1792 BCE - 450 BCE

Private Legal Documents and Everyday Law in Babylonian Archives (c. 2000–500 BCE)

9110 BCE - 450 BCE

Old Babylonian Dynasty (Amorite Kings) of Babylon (c. 1894–1595 BCE)

1894 BCE - 1595 BCE

Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire (c. 626–539 BCE)

626 BCE - 539 BCE

Nebuchadnezzar II: Building Programs, Campaigns, and Court (605–562 BCE)

605 BCE - 6051

Kassite Dynasty of Babylon (c. 1595–1155 BCE)

1595 BCE - 1099 BCE

Ishtar Gate, Processional Way, and Nebuchadnezzar's Monumental Architecture (c. 604–562 BCE; rediscovery 19th–20th c.)

539 - 2024

Hammurabi's Reign and Military Campaigns (c. 1792–1750 BCE)

1792 BCE - 1750 BCE

Fall of Babylon: Cyrus's Conquest and the Achaemenid Transition (539–530 BCE)

539 BCE - 530 BCE

Economic Administration and Long-Distance Trade in Old Babylon (c. 1900–1600 BCE)

1894 BCE - 1595 BCE

Babylonian Mathematics and the Sexagesimal Tradition (c. 2000–300 BCE)

2000 BCE - 306 BCE

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