Hammurabi

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  • 2016 BCE

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    A well preserved Babylonian law and the ancient code of Mesopotamia
  • 1572 BCE

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  • hammarabi

    Hammurabi (c. 1810 BC - 1750 BC) was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, reigning from 1792 BC to 1750 BC (according to the Middle Chronology).

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