The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One ...

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Israeli archaeologists say they have found two 3,700-year-old clay tablets that appear to contain legal pronouncements similar to the Code of Hammurabi and the biblical "tooth for a tooth" rule. The ...

It is highly unlikely that a person with a law degree and a former state attorney general actually thinks that law didn't exist on Earth before the estimated lifetime of Moses (1391-1271 BCE). He ...