The represent the first known codified laws, the basis of modern state.
King Hammurabi
A set of laws created by the babylonian king, Hammurabi.
Because it was a system of laws, that is a code (in Latin). (Of course, it was given the name later on.
Hammurabi was the 6th king of Babylon.
copys of Hammurabis laws
282
It has a preface the laws and the ending. In all 282 laws survive in the stone.
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He was the first King of Babylon, and he wrote the Hammurabi Code.
King Hammurabi of Babylon was famous for writing a code of laws. These laws were written nearly 4,000 years ago and one of the laws contains the famed phrase "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".
It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
The guiding principle is that if you do something wrong you have punishment