Monday, April 15, 2013

Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi's Code is the first known written system of justice.

Around the year 1792 BC, a king named Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian Empire. Hammurabi wrote down a series of laws he wanted people to follow-not because they were forced to-but because the laws were right and just. These laws were called the Code of Hammurabi.

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