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The Hammurabi Codex was stolen from the the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in April 2003 by unidentified looters during the United States led invasion of Iraq in that year.

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Who Was Hammurabi And What Was Hammurabi's Code?

The Code of Hammurabi was discovered in the Middle East where the country of Iran is today. The discovery was made in 1901. It had been transported there from its original place in the center of the city of Babylon. The Elamites stole the code and took it back to their homeland in the 12th Century B.C. Archeologists would find the code and other relics that were significant to the Babylonian Empire both at this site and at the present day site of Babylon.


Who was Hammurabi and what did he?

the hammurabi code


What type of legal system did Hammurabi set up Code Of Hammurabi?

Code Of Hammurabi


Why on the code of Hammurabi is Hammurabi being handed the code of hammarabi?

It was his code he was the author.


Who developed the code of law in Babylon?

Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon, developed the code of law there.


What are great facts about hammurabi?

Hammurabi is known for being the maker of the code of Hammurabi


How was Hammurabi's Code new and different?

Hammurabi's code is more strict


Why is the code of Hammurabi useful?

The Code of Hammurabi is the first written laws.


What was the first known system of written law?

Code of Hammurabi was the first known written law.


What king wrote the The Code of Hammurabi?

Hammurabi


Which king of Mesopotamia instituted a code of laws for his people to live by?

King Hammurabi. He wrote the Hammurabi´s code, which contained 282 laws and was carved in a 2.4 meter stone in 1750 b.c


What were hammurabi's major Contribution?

First form of a legal code. (The Code of Hammurabi)