GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Justinian’s law
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Hammurabi’s code
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The bill of rights
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Greek Orthodox
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Code of Hammurabi was 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest written set of laws known to us is the Code of Hammurabi. He was the king of Babylon between 1792 BC and 1758 BC. Hammurabi is said to have been handed these laws by Shamash, the God of Justice. The laws were carved on huge stone slabs and placed all over the city so that people would know about them.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was a compilation of old laws based on retributive principles. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth form of justice is used in the Hammurabi Code.
Detailed explanation-4: -"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” This phrase, along with the idea of written laws, goes back to ancient Mesopotamian culture that prospered long before the Bible was written or the civilizations of the Greeks or Romans flowered.