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-The '''history of slavery''' covers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures and throughout human history. [[Slavery]], generally defined, refers to the systematic exploitation of labor for work and services without consent and/or the possession of other persons as [[property]]. There is no clear timeline for the formation of slavery in any formalized sense. Slavery can be traced to the earliest records, such as the [[Code of Hammurabi]], which refers to slavery as an already established institution. 
-== See also ==+The '''Code of Hammurabi''' ('''''Codex Hammurabi''''' ) is the best-preserved ancient [[law code]], created ca. [[1760 BC]] ([[middle chronology]]) in ancient [[Babylon]]. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, [[Hammurabi]].
 +==See also==
 +*[[List of ancient legal codes]]
 +*[[Urukagina]] - Sumerian king and creator of what is sometimes cited as the first example of a legal code in recorded history.
 +*[[Code of Ur-Nammu]] - the oldest known tablet containing a law code surviving today, it predates the Code of Hammurabi by some 300 years.
 +*[[Code of the Assura]]
 +*[[Babylonian law]]
 +*[[Cuneiform Law]]
 +*[[Quid pro quo]]
-* [[Arab slave trade]] 
-* [[Atlantic slave trade]] 
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The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi ) is the best-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1760 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi.

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