It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the …

2009年11月9日 · Hammurabi’s Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901. Hammurabi was the sixth …

Hammurabi of the city-state of Babylon conquered much of northern and western Mesopotamia and, by 1776 B.C.E., he was the most far-reaching leader of Mesopotamian history, describing …

2023年12月24日 · The Louvre stele of the Hammurabi code was discovered during excavations at the ancient Elamite city of Susa in modern-day Iran. The discovery was made between 1901 …

2020年4月20日 · What is the Code of Hammurabi? The Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest recorded legal codes in history, dating back to ancient Babylon in 1754 BCE. It consists of 282 …

2021年6月24日 · The Code of Hammurabi was a set of 282 laws inscribed in stone by the Babylonian king Hammurabi (r. 1795-1750 BCE) who conquered and then ruled ancient …

2025年2月27日 · Code of Hammurabi, the most complete and perfect extant collection of Babylonian laws, developed during the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 bce) of the 1st …

2025年2月8日 · Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, sought to unify and govern his expanding empire through a standardized set of laws. The code consists of 282 …

2024年12月25日 · The Stele of Hammurabi is a multifaceted artifact that encapsulates the ideals of justice, divine authority, and governance in ancient Babylon. Its imagery and inscriptions …

At the top, or "fingertip", of the stele is a carved picture of King Hammurabi being given the laws from the Babylonian sun god Shamash. The actual code of law was divided up into groupings. …