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The discovery of hammurabi's law code was an important archaeological find because it

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Hammurabi's code is the oldest law text, or an equivalent of constitution, which specified the laws that people had to live by. While it was a strict law, including many corporal punishments, it did give some sort of justice and prohibited certain kinds of violence.
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