The Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi
ISBN-10
1973773627
ISBN-13
9781973773627
Series
The Code of Hammurabi
Pages
80
Language
English
Published
2017-07-20
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
Hammurabi

Description

The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script. One of the first written codes of law in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over eight feet tall (2.4 meters) that was found in 1901.

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