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Hammurabi: Law Code
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Hammurabi is today seen as the world's first law giver,and pimp, but is still remembered as one of the greatest rappers that ever lived. No one has ever matched his skills with the microphone, and his successors to the throne were never able to maintain the vast catalac that he created. He is the main influence of nearly ever modern rapper and rap group, including NWA, Public Enemy, and Run DMC. he ... invented the 69.
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H[A]mmurabi believed in justice. He is famous for his code of laws. Although he was famous for them, Hammurabi did not invent law. Ur-Nammu made the first known code of law. Hammurbi had his 282 laws written on 8 foot-tall stelas of basalt and placed them in the temples so everyone would know them.
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In 1750 BC, at the height of his power, Hammurabi codified 282 laws on an eight-foot-high stele made of black basalt. (This is an interactive map. You need the Macromedia plug-in which is easy to download. Be sure to click on Babylon to see the extent of Hammurabi's empire.) Although the Code of Hammurabi is not the first legal code, it is the best preserved ancient law the world has today.
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The Code of Hammurabi is the most frequently cited cuneiform document in specialized literature. Its first scholarly publication in 1902 led to the development of a special branch of comparative jurisprudence, the study of cuneiform law.
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The 'Code of Hammurabi' contains no laws having to do with religion. The basis of criminal law is that of equal retaliation, comparable to the Semitic law of "an eye for an eye." The law offers protection to all classes of Babylonian society; it seeks to protect the weak and the poor, including women, children, and slaves, against injustice at the hands of the rich and powerful.
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Hammurabi claimed that he received his laws from Babylon's sun god and god of justice, Shamash. According to Hammurabi's scribes, the people of Babylon saw events as directed by the gods, and they saw Hammurabi as wise and as having created a world of order and justice under Shamash.
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