It consists of Hammurabi's legal decisions that were collected toward the end of his reign. These 282 case laws include economic provisions (prices, tariffs, trade, and commerce) as well as family law (marriage and divorce), criminal law (assault and theft), and civil law (slavery and debt).
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Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, "the kinsman is a healer," from ˤAmmu, "paternal kinsman," and Rāpi, "healer"; (ca. 1728 - 1686 BC middle chronology) was the sixth king of Babylon. ... Google Books
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When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son ...
Code of Hammurabi. (c. 1700 B.C.E.). Note: The Code of Hammurabi was a compilation of almost three hundred laws on every aspect of life.