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The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
The oldest evidence of a code of law was found at Ebla, in modern Syria (c. 2400 BC). [1] The Sumerian Code of Ur-Nammu (c. 2100 –2050 BC), then the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1760 BC), are amongst the earliest originating in the Fertile Crescent. In the Roman empire, a number of codifications were developed, such as the Twelve Tables ...
The Code of Hammurabi was a collection of 282 laws dealing with a wide range of issues. [24] It is not the earliest surviving law code [ 25 ] [ b ] but was proved more influential in world politics and international relations [ 27 ] [ 28 ] as instead of focusing on compensating the victim of crime, as in earlier Sumerian law codes, the Code of ...
Fragment of the Code of Hammurabi.One of the most important institutions of Mesopotamia and the ancient world. It was a compilation of previous laws (Code of Ur-Namma, Code of Ešnunna) that were shaped and renewed in the time of Hammurabi and was made to be embodied in cuneiform script on sculptures and rocks in all public places throughout the ancient Babylonian state, heir to the Akkadian ...
The Code of Hammurabi — one of the oldest written laws in history, and one of the most famous ancient texts from the Near East, and among the best known artifacts of the ancient world — is from the first Babylonian dynasty. The code is written in cuneiform on a 2.25 meter (7 foot 4½ inch) diorite stele.
The Code of Hammurabi is the best-known of the cuneiform laws, but there were a number of precursor laws. [1] Features. Although they were written in several ...
The Code of Hammurabi also stated that if a woman is accused of adultery she "will leap into the river-god for her husband." However, it is unclear if innocence is proved by drowning or surviving. [20] An ordeal by cold water is mentioned in the Vishnu Smrti, [21] which is one of the texts of the Dharmaśāstra. [21]
The code of Hammurabi (c. 1754 BC), the Great Edict of Horemheb (c. 1300 BC), and the Arthasastra (2nd century BC) [2] are among the earliest written proofs of anti-corruption efforts. All of those early texts are condemning bribes in order to influence the decision by civil servants, especially in the judicial sector. [ 3 ]