c. 1,754 BCE

Ancient era · c. 1,754 BCE

Code of Hammurabi

King Hammurabi of Babylon has 282 laws carved on a basalt stele. It is one of the oldest written law codes known.

The stele of Hammurabi — The stele of Hammurabi · Mbzt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

When: c. 1,754 BCE
Where: Babylon (Iraq)
Era: Ancient

Topics

Mesopotamiac. 3,500 BCE – 539 BCE

Before and after

Epic of Gilgameshc. 2,100 BCE Battle of Megiddo1,457 BCE Show on timeline

Sources: Code of Hammurabi, شريعة حمورابي

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