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In general terms what is Hammurabi’s
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Hammurabi's Code was a written legal code established by the Babylonian King Hammurabi circa 1750 BCE. It contained 282 laws. Hammurabi's code included family law, civil law, economic law, labor law, and criminal law; it included a specific standard of proof, and established certain rights as well as consequences.

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