Talk:First Babylonian Dynasty

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Marked for cleanup. Reasons:

• Dates for Hammurabi's reign inconsistent with all three ranges given in Chronology of the Ancient Near East
• Paragraph starting "The Venus tablets of Ammisaduq" should be a separate section (on chronological problems)
• "It seems to me a misinterpretation" ... not NPOV
• No citations or references (apart from one embedded in text)
• Spelling mistakes
• Many other lesser textual problems

I tried to improve it but ground to a halt when I encountered the Hammurabi date inconsistency mentioned above. If this article isn't cleaned up within two months of now i.e. by 10 August 2006, can I suggest that it be simply reduced to a list of names of rulers, with no dates and no discussion of alternative chronologies? AWhiteC 16:02, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the dates given are inconsistent with either of the three accepted chronologies, and even contradicts the text itself where Hammurabi is said to have captured Mari in 1760, yet ruled 1857-1814. It looks like the dates were made to fit with the alleged life of Abraham. Anyhow, it seems to me the contents of this article are already well covered in the Wikipedia articles Babylonia, Chronology of the Ancient Near East and List of kings of Babylon. --JFK 15:08, 21 June 2006 (UTC)