The code of hammurabi was the?

Answer 1

The Code of Hammurabi, (or Codex Hammurabi) is a set of 282 laws and penalties devised by the Babylonian King, Hammurabi, in approximately 1700 BC.

Hammurabi's code of laws was written in a stone monument that stood approximately seven feet tall and was called a stele, where the upper portion showed a picture of Hammurabi standing infront of a seated sun god.

Hammurabi's code included more that two hundred and thirty-two laws, most resulting in a punishment of death or loss of limb if a law was broken.

Only one complete example of the codex remains today. The 8-foot tall carved basalt monolith was discovered by Egyptian archeologist Gustav Jéquier, in Iran (formerly Susa, Elam), in 1901, and is on display at the Louvre, in Paris.

The text of Codex Hammurabi has been translated from cuneiform to English.

Elements of the law were:

Authority:

First the law begins by giving the authority by which King Hammurabi had the power to create, or invoke, the law. Quoting "Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared god, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; that the the strong should not harm the weak; so that I should rule over the black-headed people like Shamash, and enlighten the land, to further the well-being of mankind."

This type of "Deceleration of Authority" is still required by most nations, the USA being one of them, and a "law" is deemed not valid without the statement of authority.

Declaration of Acts and Punishments:

The law also contains clear acts and punishments for those acts throughout, such as: "If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death." (a basic law against kidnapping)

(There is no 13th law because, then as now, the number 13 is considered unlucky.)

Closing Authority (and an interesting note):

Hammurabi then closed the laws with the authority he was given, one specific note is made that is repeated in the US Constitution even, as quote: "In future time, through all coming generations, let the king, who may be in the land, observe the words of righteousness which I have written on my monument; let him not alter the law of the land which I have given, the edicts which I have enacted; my monument let him not mar." The quote "Supreme law of the land" appears in the US Constitution, article 6. The Code of Hammurabi are basic laws that a King cannot even change because they were written into a stone (Basalt).

* According to historian Peter James, author of Centuries of Darkness, scholars disagree about date Codex Hammurabi was written, with estimates spanning a period of approximately 250 years.

Answer 2

The Code of Hammurabi is remembered as the first set of laws ever enacted by any government in human history. If we think of this as an innovation, clearly it was a successful innovation because it is now completely normal and expected for any government to enact laws, rather than ruling solely by decree. The fashion has caught on.

Answer 3

It was a system of laws made in about 1776BC. It was carved on a basalt stone slab. It was said to be the first law system.

Answer 4

first written set of laws.