Question

This capital’s social system divided status between awilum (“uh-WILL-um”), mushkenum (“mush-KEN-num”) and slave-like war∙dum. An uprising against this city by Rim-Sin damaged the power of its leader Samsu-iluna. Much of what is known about one king of this city (20[1])comes from (0[2])letters the king (0[2]) (20[1]) (10[1]) (10[1]) (10[4]) (10[1]) (10[4])wrote to (10[2])Sin-iddinam found in (10[4]0[1])Larsa. Prominent structures in this (10[1])city included the E∙sag∙il∙a temple. The Louvre Stele from (10[1])this city records (10[2])a series (0[1])of (10[1]0[2])“if/then” (0[1])statements such as (10[1])“if a man (*) commits a robbery and is caught, that man will (10[4])be (10[5]0[1])killed.” The Akitu House outside of this city was visited each New Year by Marduk and was opposite its magnificent Ishtar Gate. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian city where a law code was issued by Hammurabi. ■END■

ANSWER: Babylon [or Bab-ilu; or Bab-ilim; or Bavel]
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