Starting out as a modest city-state in the late third millennium BCE, Babylon rose to prominence under the rule of King Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BCE), whose brutal approach to justice and legal ...

The Gulf War was a 20th-century conflict that saw a Coalition force, headed by the United States, fight the Iraqi military ...

In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one of them. The first death sentence ...

Through the ages, starting many, many ages ago, mint has played a role in everything from easing stomach woes to repelling ...

The Amorites, including King Hammurabi, reign. The Hittites later conquer the city. 16th-11th centuries B.C. The Kassites conquer Babylon. Later, Chaldeans and Aramaeans struggle to control the city.

This Yom Kippur, I am wrestling with what Jewish and other ancient texts have to say about forgiveness and justice.

Hutt teaches at Harvard Law School every January. He starts with the Code of Hammurabi and ends at the FDA’s oversight of ...

Jewish wisdom was among the first, after the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1,755 BCE), to present the world with social justice — not only in the Ten Commandments — but also in how we treat ...

The role of interest rates in shaping economic landscapes is deeply rooted in history. It has been influenced by evolving ...

Moses is described as one in a parade of “great lawgivers of history,” as Weinman put it, along with Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, among others. (The correspondence, by the way, is filed ...

Mobile gaming fans around the world are ready for battle as Age of Empires Mobile has launched worldwide on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Co-developed by TiMi Studio Group (Call of Duty: Mobile ...

Famed strategy game franchise Age of Empire announced the global release of Age of Empires Mobile, developed by TiMi Studio and World's Edge.