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Hammurabi

American  
[hah-moo-rah-bee, ham-oo-] / ˌhɑ mʊˈrɑ bi, ˌhæm ʊ- /
Also Hammurapi

noun

  1. 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.


Hammurabi British  
/ ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

  1. ?18th century bc , king of Babylonia; promulgator of one of the earliest known codes of law

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hammurabi Cultural  
  1. A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code.


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This question, now being asked of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, has vexed financial regulators from Hammurabi to Hamilton.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

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 Jul. 1, 2023

In the 1700s BCE, King Hammurabi transformed Babylon from a minor city-state to the center of a vast empire.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Hammurabi’s powerful realm, but it failed, and Hammurabi turned his attention to the south.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Some place Hammurabi before 2000 b.c., others a little later.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin

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