to help people be safe and topunish people who are not doing the right thing
The code became the rule of the Empire and educated the citizens that laws have to be obeyed.
King Hammurabi
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A set of laws created by the babylonian king, Hammurabi.
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hammurabis code was the first first written code of laws in the history of the world.
It has a preface the laws and the ending. In all 282 laws survive in the stone.
The earliest known code of law was the Hammurabi code. It was the first laws codified together.
Because it was a system of laws, that is a code (in Latin). (Of course, it was given the name later on.
It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
Laws needed to be interpreted by impartial judges