Code of Hammurabi
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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]]. | + | 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]] | ||
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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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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
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