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WORLD HISTORY
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It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
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t was used by many later civilizations as a model
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It treated all people the same under the law.
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It was carved in stone.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Code of Hammurabi (also known as the Codex Hammurabi and Hammurabi’s Code), created ca. 1780 BC ( short chronology), is one of the earliest extant sets of laws and one of the best preserved examples of this type of document from ancient Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Hammurabi became king of Babylon in 1754 BCE. Were Hammurabi’s laws and codes fair and just? King Hammurabi’s codes were unjust because of the evidence found in the 282 laws. The codes that King Hammurabi wrote about were personal injury law, property law and family law.