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| − | The | + | The code was written around 1780 BC by King Hammurabi of Babylon, and it is one of the earliest sets of laws. Hammurabi wrote the code to please the gods. The laws were carved on an eight foot high piece of black diorite that was probably displayed in public for all to see. The punishments became more severe than previously, where the Law of Talon, or "eye for an eye" system, was created. An example is if a house falls and kills the son of the owner, then the builder's son will be killed. There are 282 laws dealing with theft, property damage, women's, marriage, children's, and slaves' rights, murder, death, and injury inscribed in the code. The text is written in cuneiform and divided into a prologue, 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon, and an epilogue. Hammurabi's Code also regulates the organization of society. |
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Basics of Hammurabi's Code
The code was written around 1780 BC by King Hammurabi of Babylon, and it is one of the earliest sets of laws. Hammurabi wrote the code to please the gods. The laws were carved on an eight foot high piece of black diorite that was probably displayed in public for all to see. The punishments became more severe than previously, where the Law of Talon, or "eye for an eye" system, was created. An example is if a house falls and kills the son of the owner, then the builder's son will be killed. There are 282 laws dealing with theft, property damage, women's, marriage, children's, and slaves' rights, murder, death, and injury inscribed in the code. The text is written in cuneiform and divided into a prologue, 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon, and an epilogue. Hammurabi's Code also regulates the organization of society.
Sources
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Code_of_Hammurabi
