The Development, Evolution and Characteristics of Centralization in Ancient West Asia

The development and evolution trend of centralization in ancient west Asia is more and more centralization, which is manifested in the high concentration of rights and the supremacy of imperial power. Ancient West Asia is one of the cradles of world civilization. The kingdom of Babylon, one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, was born in the two river basins here, and it is also one of the earliest regions in the world to enter the literary age. Around18th century BC, King Hammurabi of Babylon unified the middle and lower reaches of the two river basins and established a powerful centralized slave country. In order to consolidate his rule, he promulgated code of hammurabi, which is the first written code in the ancient world, indicating that human legal tradition has a long history.