Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Hammurabi (r. ~1792–1750 BCE) didn't negotiate cooperation—he conquered. The Babylonian king used military force to subdue rival city-states (Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari, Assyrian outposts), incorporating their territories into a unified empire. His famous law code (Codex Hammurabi) then standardized justice across the realm, but the political unification came by the sword, not diplomacy.