King Hammurabi posted a legal code containing 282 laws around 1750 B.C.
Sources
- Saving Iraq's Treasures (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.louvre.fr/en/the-code-of-hammurabi (louvre.fr)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (worldhistory.org)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (worldhistory.org)
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