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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

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

Hammurabi had these edicts inscribed on stone pillars erected in different places in the empire to inform his subjects about proper behavior and the laws of the land.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

By 2500 B.C., that is between the time of Sargon I and Hammurabi, Cretan civilization was at its zenith.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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