Babylon

About a thousand years after the Sumerians settled, two new civilizations came along. One of them was the aggressive warriors The Assyrians and the other was The Babylonians. Babylon was in the southern part of Mesopotamia near the Persian Gulf. Babylon sounds like it was a really cool place, it had massive walls in the city that protected it and it had a network of canals and amazing green crops. Everyone lived really well in Babylon, even the poor lived in a 3 story house. The Babylonians became important when Hammurabi made it the capital of his kingdom of Babylonia. Hammurabi became the king of the city of Babylon around 1792-1750 B.C. Hammurabi united all of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi was most famed for The code of Hammurabi and it contained 282 laws, like "an eye for an eye," severe punishment for crimes. Another famous thing about Babylon is The Hanging Gardens that were one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Babylonians inherited many of the achievements of the Sumerians and were very influenced by their culture.