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Describe the main features of Hammurabi\'s code of law. |
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Answer» Hammurabi was a famous king of Babylonia. He got prepared the world\'s first Code of Laws. He also got it engraved on a very big stone shaft in the form of 282 articles.These laws were connected with trade, exchange of money, payment of taxes, theft, murder etc. Most of the laws were based on the\xa0principal\xa0of "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". The code of Hammurabi is inscribed on this seven-foot basalt stele. The stele is now at the Louvre. The code of Hammurabi refers to a set of rules or laws enacted by the Babylonian King Hammurabi ( region 1792-1750 B.C. ) . The code governed the people living in his fast-growing empire.\xa0 |
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