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Code of Hammurabi
Title: Code of Hammurabi
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 548 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi, Code of
I. INTRODUCTION
Hammurabi, Code of, collection of the laws and edicts of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, and the earliest legal code known in its entirety. A copy of the code, engraved on a block of black basalt that is 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) in height, was unearthed by a team of French archaeologists at Susa, Iraq, formerly ancient Elam, during the winter of 1901 to 1902. The block, broken in three pieces, has been restored …showed first 75 words of 548 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 548 total…counsels the downtrodden in these ringing words: "Let any oppressed man who has a cause come into the presence of my statue as king of justice, and have the inscription on my stele read out, and hear my precious words, that my stele may make the case clear to him; may he understand his cause, and may his heart be set at ease!"
"Hammurabi, Code of." Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000
http://encarta.msn.com (18 Sept. 2000)
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