Hammurabi

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Hammurabi was the King of Babylon from 1792 to 1750 B.C. He is best known for promulgating a set of criminal laws known as the Code of Hammurabi. It was a legal code based on "an eye for an eye" form of justice and had similarities to the later Mosaic code of the Bible.

Further reading

Van De Mieroop, Marc. King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (2004) excerpt and text search
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