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.

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Hammurabi British  

/ ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

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

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Hammurabi Cultural  

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

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Hammurabi

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

But these extensive borders did not long survive the death of Hammurabi himself.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Men and women were not equal under the Code of Hammurabi.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Babylonia under Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, and Marduknadinakh, was already the foremost state of Hither Asia in power, science, and skill in art.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

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