The Code of Hammurabi Illustrated

Download or read book The Code of Hammurabi Illustrated written by Hammurabi Hammurabi and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C. Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia. The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi's Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stale (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901.