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Full text. Code of Hammurabi at Wikisource. 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 Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
The Code of Hammurabi was a collection of 282 laws dealing with a wide range of issues. 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 Hammurabi ...
The differences between the Code of Hammurabi and the Laws of Eshnunna significantly contributed to illuminating the development of ancient and cuneiform law. In distinction from the other Mesopotamian collections of law, this one got its name after the city where it had originated – Eshnunna , located on the bank of the Diyala River ...
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The Code of Hammurabi dictated that, if a man was accused of a matter by another, the accused was to leap into a river. If the accused man survived this ordeal, the accused was to be acquitted. If the accused was found innocent by this ordeal, the accuser was to be put to death and the accused man was to take possession of the then-deceased ...
4 Text of the Code to wikisource. 2 comments. 5 Mosaic Law. 3 comments. 6 Differences from Mosaic Law. 2 comments. 7 Discussion continued. 11 comments. 8 ...
Code of Hammurabi: "And a Secret for a Secret" Code: Breakers A top secret organization involved in the killing of evil people whom the law cannot bring to justice. There are only six in existence at any time. The code numbers does not necessarily indicate their strength, but indicate the time when they started working for Eden.