CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
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When was the Code of Hammurabi excavated?
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1905
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1889
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1945
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1901
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The principal (and only considerable) source of the Code of Hammurabi is the stela discovered at Susa in 1901 by the French Orientalist Jean-Vincent Scheil and now preserved in the Louvre.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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