CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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of the government
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of the people
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of the priests
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of the gods
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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 stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred the law, am I.” “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
Detailed explanation-4: -Hammurabi’s Code is one of the most famous examples of the ancient precept of “lex talionis, ‘’ or law of retribution, a form of retaliatory justice commonly associated with the saying “an eye for an eye.” Under this system, if a man broke the bone of one his equals, his own bone would be broken in return.