Code of Hammurabi
Time: 1754 BC
Place: Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)
Details: The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated to about 1754 BC (Middle Chronology). It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code. A partial copy exists on a 2.25-meter-tall (7.4 ft) stone stele. It consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (lex talionis) as graded based on social stratification depending on social status and gender, of slave versus free, man versus woman.
‹ Earlier in historyEnd of the Old Assyrian Empire1760s BCLater in history ›Puzur-Sin deposed Asinum1750s BC
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