Hammurabi's Code regulated a wide range of activities, including trade, property rights, family relations, labor, and criminal justice. It established laws governing contracts, debt, and wages, as well as guidelines for marriage, divorce, and inheritance. Additionally, the code addressed issues of theft, assault, and the responsibilities of various professions, ensuring that societal order and fairness were maintained in Babylonian society.
certain writing ;)
In fact it was the opposite. The codification of these rules were just.
Because it was a system of laws, that is a code (in Latin). (Of course, it was given the name later on.
A set of laws created by the babylonian king, Hammurabi.
Kingdom of Babylon, ancient Mesopotamia
Historians found it to be just.
it was carved in 1772 BC.
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King Hammurabi
Historians found it to be just.
As a matter of fact, it was.
certain writing ;)
Not the Declaration but the Constitution which follows the principles from the Hammurabi code.
If a man causes the death of another by accident, with no malice intended, then he shall be found not guilty and no punishment levied
hammurabis code was the first first written code of laws in the history of the world.
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That dates back to about 1754 BC.