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All civilizations had laws, the issue was whether they were written down or not. Hamurabbi was the first person to have his laws placed in the middle of town so that everyone could know them. Before the punishments were arbitrary and often bias, the people would break the law withoutrealizing there was a law. basically Hamurabi was the creater of the first public law books
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∙ 11y agoi think that hammurabi made the code of laws so that nobody would steal or anything bad like that
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∙ 10y agoHammurabi noted the short reigns cruel kings had and it was a good time to write just laws so he wrote the first known set of laws codified in one set.
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What is Hammurabi is best known to history for?
282 laws or taxation
What aws hammurabis code?
A set of laws created by the babylonian king, Hammurabi.
Do you think that all of Hammurabi's laws are cruel or fair why?
The rules of the law were just.
What was the Babylonians greatest achievements?
their hanging gardens and created the first sundial and Hammurabi's code of laws.
What is the was the most important idea created by hammurabi's code?
His code of laws, which he had engraved on a towering stone monument.
How king Hammurabi helped Babylon?
Hammurabi created a set of laws to organize Babylon.
What is Hammurabi is best known to history for?
282 laws or taxation
What set of laws simplified roman laws?
code of hammurabi. (i think) it was a question in my civics exam, and this is what i out. Code of Hammurabi is not correct. The code of Hammurabi was the first written set of laws ever, not the laws that simplified roman law. That would be Justinian Law.
What was the first known system of written law?
Code of Hammurabi was the first known written law.
How many laws of Hammurabi were there?
there were 282 laws made by hammurabi
How many laws did the sumerian's have?
sumerians have around 280 laws. Hammurabi made these laws and put them in his code of laws. actually sumerians had exactly 282 laws all created by Hammurabi who was the first to write laws down. That's what makes him so special.
What aws hammurabis code?
A set of laws created by the babylonian king, Hammurabi.
How many laws did King Hammurabi had?
King Hammurabi had 282 laws.
What were the laws in Mesopotamia?
The most important set of laws were created by Hammurabi, the king of Babylonia who ruled around 1792 BCE. His code included 282 laws about matters sh=uch as family life, work, buying and selling land, and trade.
What is the name Hammurabi set of laws?
Hammurabi's Code is the name of Hammurabi's ancientt Mesopotamian laws, which were also they first set of recorded laws.
The ruler who made the first written laws?
Who was the first person to write a code of laws.
What was the hammurbic code?
It was the first set of laws written in history. Hammurabi from Babylon created them.
