Hammurabi ( Akkadian from Amorite Ë AmmurÄ pi , meaning `` the kinsman is a healer , '' from Ë Ammu , meaning `` paternal kinsman '' , and RÄ pi , meaning `` healer '' ) ( died 1750 BCE ) , was the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 BC to 1750 BC . Hammurabi ( Akkadian from Amorite Ê '' AmmurÄ pi , `` the kinsman is a healer , '' from Ê '' Ammu , `` paternal kinsman , '' and RÄ pi , `` healer '' ; ( died c. 1750 BC ) ) was the sixth king of Babylon ( that is , of the First Babylonian Dynasty ) from 1792 BC to 1750 BC middle chronology ( 1728 BC â `` 1686 BC short chronology ) He became the first king of the Babylonian Empire following the abdication of his father , Sin-Muballit , extending Babylon 's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms .