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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 '''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" punished members of lower classes more severely than those of higher classes.  It mandated death for bearing false witness in court.  The Code of Hammurabi was used for many hundreds of years.

 

The [[Louvre]] museum in Paris houses a copy of the Code engraved on a conical, black basalt stele, seven feet in height. It was discovered in 1901.

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==

==Further reading==

*[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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