Code of Hammurabi
Americannoun
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She escorted Matt Stanley, her client, and his Parisian date, Salomé Bes, 30, past the long lines at the museum’s entrance and toward the Code of Hammurabi.
From New York Times
First-graders get the “Code of Hammurabi.”
From Washington Post
His capitol held other captured monuments, including the famed law code of Hammurabi and another victory monument showing Naram-Sin’s grandfather, Sargon, holding a net full of thrashing, captured soldiers.
From Slate
According to History.com, the origins of the superstition are unclear, but could have roots as far back as the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon.
From Fox News
The Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest recorded laws and punishment, came from Babylon.
From New York Times
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