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Arranged chronologically, "Babylon" unpacks some of the world's most iconic artifacts to explain the shifting motives of the city's rulers. By the early 18th century B.C., Hammurabi, the sixth King of Babylon, had used an aggressive military policy to conquer rival city-states and to establish Babylon as Mesopotamia's political heart. But Hammurabi was concerned about more than expansion, as demonstrated by the magnificent Code of Hammurabi stela, a 7-ft.-high (2 m) column of basalt upon which he inscribed 282 codified laws and punishments in cuneiform, the Babylonian script that predates even hieroglyphics. Although...
Rodgers also led the group past the 18th century house on Brattle Street that was once the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
...Crimson within two notches of its rivals from Brown, who had been quietly dominating the entire game.But that was as close as Harvard was going to come to taking the lead on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion, as the Bears (18-9, 10-3 Ivy) claimed their 18th victory of the season—a school record for wins in a campaign—in a 78-62 win over the Crimson (8-21, 3-10).“Brown was just able to play consistent for a longer period of time than we were,” sophomore guard...
...favorite mixes is bourbon and apple, which sounds straightforward enough until he tells you how he distills the Maker's Mark, removing the oaky bitterness so it won't overpower the juice, which, by the way, he presses from an obscure line of British apples developed in the 18th century...
...confess that I've never quite understood why newspapers endorse presidential candidates. Sure, I know the history and the tradition, the fact that newspapers in the 18th and 19th centuries were often affiliated with political parties, but why do they do it now? Why do it at a time when the credibility and viability of the press are at all-time lows? More important, why do it at a time when readers, especially young readers, question the objectivity of newspapers in particular and the media in general...