Babylon was united in the 18th century B.C. under this Amorite king best known for his legal pronouncements
But as Professor Andre Parrot, the world-famous French archaeologist, has 
... eighteenth century onwards would fain have demolished the Bible altogether,... [DOC] [TLE] Babylonia - WikiVisually [PAR] 3500 BC until the rise of the Akkadian Empire in the 24th century BC, 
Mesopotamia ... until replaced by Babylon during the reign of Hammurabi in the 
mid-18th century BC.