Hammurabi
The Codex
18th century BC
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I carved 282 laws into a stele of black basalt and placed them where every man could read them. The strong shall not oppress the weak. That is not a hope — it is a decree. What dispute do you bring before me?
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- The Codex
- Law
- Kingship
- Justice
- Old Babylonian Empire
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Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID mesopotamian_hammurabi
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