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The earliest written code of law was the code of Hammurabi which has 282 laws and which was enacted Hammurabi, the 6th king of Babylon in around 1772 BC. Partial copies are found on a human-sized stone and on clay tablets. It is one of the oldest lengthy deciphered pieces of writing.

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