Law code · 1903

The Code of Hammurabi

The Oldest Code of Laws in the World

by Hammurabi

Translated by C. H. W. Johns (1903)

The best-known law code of ancient Mesopotamia, issued by the king of Babylon c. 1750 BC: laws on theft, land, trade, marriage, injury and the hire of labour.


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