The Code o Hammurabi is a weel-preserved Babylonie code o law o auncient Mesopotamia, datit tae aboot 1754 BC (Middle Chronology). It is ane o the auldest deciphered writins o signeeficant lenth in the warld. The saxt Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enactit the code.
| Code o Hammurabi | |
|---|---|
 A side view o the stele "fingertip" at the Louvre Museum | |
| Creatit | c. 1754 BC |
| Author(s) | Hammurabi |
| Purpose | Law code |
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