Smaller crimes and business infractions were typically dealt with via fines. Punishments for breaking these laws were varied. Although not the first Babylonian emperor to implement a structured system of laws, Hammurabi was the first to coherently organize and standardize them. He is most famously known for his Code of Laws, set in stone and mounted in the middle of ancient Babylon for all to see.
Hammurabi ruled over Babylon, quite possibly the largest metropolis in the ancient world, during the height of the Babylonian empire. The revolt was led by a new leader, Nabopolassar, who would reign for some twenty years before passing the throne to his more famous son. In 627 BC, Babylonia successfully revolted once again from Assyrian control. (Pre-empire, the city of Babylon itself was in existence since at least the 24th century BC.) Babylonia was formed from a collection of roughly a dozen city-states and was named for its capital city of Babylon. The Babylonian Empire was, rather than a new idea, a reinvigoration of the old Sumerian Empire of the city of Ur, which had also occupied the Fertile Crescent in what is today Southern Iraq.
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