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The '''Code of Hammurabi''' was an elaborate [[code (law)|code of law]] established by [[Hammurabi]] before 1750 BC. It is the earliest known code of law. The Code imposed harsh retributive punishment akin to the [[Bible]]'s "an eye for an eye", and lower classes were punished more severely than higher classes. It mandated death for the person who bore false witness in court. The Code of Hammurabi was used for many hundreds of years.
The '''Code of Hammurabi''' was an elaborate [[code (law)|code of law]] established by [[Hammurabi]], king of [[Babylon]] around 1750 BC. It is the earliest known code of law. The Code imposed harsh retributive punishment akin to the [[Bible]]'s "an eye for an eye", and lower classes were punished more severely than higher classes. It mandated death for the person who bore false witness in court. The Code of Hammurabi was used for many hundreds of years.
The Louvre museum in Paris houses the a copy of the Code written on a conical, black basalt stele, seven feet in height. It was discovered in 1901.
==Further reading==
* Van De Mieroop, Marc. ''King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/King-Hammurabi-Babylon-Biography-Blackwell/dp/1405126604/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260599211&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Wright, David P. ''Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi'' (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Gods-Law-Covenant-Hammurabi/dp/0195304756/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260599211&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* [http://www.questia.com/library/history/ancient-and-classical-history/middle-east/hammurabi.jsp online books and articles]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM The Code of the Hammurabi]
*[http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM The Code of the Hammurabi]
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