Code of Hammurabi

February 7, 2010 at 4:14 am
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Code de Hammurabi1 Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC in ancient Babylon. Hammurabi said he was chosen by the gods to deliver the law to his people, in a story cited as the likely starting point for the Ten Commandments which was written almost 2000 years later.



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