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The Timeline Β· A Moment in Mesopotamia

~1754 BCE

Code of Hammurabi

What happened

King Hammurabi of Babylon creates one of history's first written law codes. Inscribed on a black basalt stele, these 282 laws establish the famous principle of 'an eye for an eye' and influence legal systems for millennia.

LocationBabylon
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Part of the cuneiform timeline spanning 5,000 years in Massarrah.