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Hammurabi (1760 BCE) himself was a Babylonian, but the laws he codified may date as far back as the 4th millennium BCE. "Mesopotamian" is probably a good non-scholastic answer. Babylon. But these laws were generally recognized in all of Mesopotamia prior to codification. Mesopotamian, more specifically Babylonian.
making a living is apart of the babylonian society because people got to see how other people were living they got to see the way people were living an how they were facing hammurabi's code !
divions existed between sociol classes
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The Babylonian laws were dug up in a stone carved with the code of Hammurabi. It contains 282 laws that were just for the time being.
The legal code for ancient Babylonian society was the Code of Hammurabi, compiled around 1754 BCE. It contained a comprehensive list of laws and punishments to regulate various aspects of life, such as family, property, and commerce. The code is famous for its principle of "an eye for an eye."
The code was written for and in the Babylonian Empire and were found in Iran.
You could see that it was a primitive society when you compared it with the laws of our time.
Hammurabi (1760 BCE) himself was a Babylonian, but the laws he codified may date as far back as the 4th millennium BCE. "Mesopotamian" is probably a good non-scholastic answer. Babylon. But these laws were generally recognized in all of Mesopotamia prior to codification. Mesopotamian, more specifically Babylonian.
making a living is apart of the babylonian society because people got to see how other people were living they got to see the way people were living an how they were facing hammurabi's code !
divions existed between sociol classes
Everyone had to change their way of living and they all had to follow the Hammurabi's Code to live in a common surrounding.
No, Hammurabi's Code is not an epic poem. It is a set of Babylonian laws written by King Hammurabi around 1754 BC and inscribed on a stone pillar. The code contains 282 laws governing various aspects of Babylonian society.
King Hammurabi of Babylon created one of the earliest known written legal codes, known as the Code of Hammurabi. It was established around 1754 BC and consisted of 282 laws governing various aspects of Babylonian society.
Hammurabi's Code
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The code of Hammurabi is the first written legal code of the recorded history of the Babylonian State which was found in the famous Rosetta stone currently found in the British Museum. Hammurabi is the name of the ruler who first created written rules circa 1700 BCE