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The Babylon Empire hugged Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine , Israel and Cyprus. A land this big needs general guidelines for common living. King after king never did this work as much as it was needed. Hammurabi did and so does the honor.

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