Hammurabi, Codex of

The Codex of Hammurabi is one of the oldest sets of laws in the world. The over-2-meter-long slabs with their engraved laws were created at the behest of Hammurabi (presumably c. 1792–1750 BCE), a significant ruler of the Babylonian dynasty and ...

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