Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook82 pages25 minutes
The Code of Hammurabi
By Hammurabi
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
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 nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script. One of the first written codes of law in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over eight feet tall (2.4 meters) that was found in 1901.
Unavailable
Read more from Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCodex Hammurabi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe code of laws by Hammurabi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Code of Hammurabi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Code of Hammurabi: New Revised Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Code of Hammurabi Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe code of laws by Hammurabi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Code of Hammurabi
Related ebooks
The Code of Hammurabi Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Code of Hammurabi: New Revised Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Magna Carta Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Little Plain Law For Game Preservers, Wildfowlers, Keepers And Poachers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Magna Carta Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roman Laws of Burgundy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Collected Works Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlibi For A Judge Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Handbook of English Idioms, Parables and Colloquial Sayings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Angevins and the Charter 1154-1216 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIfugao Law (In American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 15, No. 1) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrinciples of Mohammadan Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBucholz and the Detective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Privileges Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Angevins and the Charter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInheritance Laws in an Islamic Society: Islamic Cultures Are Distinct in Everyway Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConstitution of Delaware (1897) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume IV (of 4) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAllan Pinkerton: The Best Works Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArthur Griffiths – The Complete Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTruth With Her Boots On Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Treaty of Fort Laramie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReport on the Condition of the South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Economist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Jersey Constitution of 1947 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Social Contract Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDelphi Complete Works of the Earl of Chesterfield Illustrated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Anthologies For You
Anonymous Sex Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Great Short Stories: Selections from Poe, London, Twain, Melville, Kipling, Dickens, Joyce and many more Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Years of the Best American Short Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kink: Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kama Sutra (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Spanish Stories/Cuentos Espanoles: A Dual-Language Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can't Unread Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Humorous American Short Stories: Selections from Mark Twain, O. Henry, James Thurber, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and more Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParadise Lost (Annotated) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mark Twain: Complete Works Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Harvard Classics Volume 1: Franklin, Woolman, Penn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Short Stories 2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Search Of Lost Time (All 7 Volumes) (ShandonPress) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cleaning the Gold: A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales, the New Translation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Short Stories 2011 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (ReadOn Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/550 Great Love Letters You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Annotated Pride and Prejudice: A Revised and Expanded Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten: Tales of the Supernatural, Strange, and Bizarre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories: All-New Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Code of Hammurabi
Rating: 3.1363636363636362 out of 5 stars
3/5
11 ratings1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book is what the title states - an almost complete law code from ancient Babylon. Whilst a bit dry, and sometimes difficult to follow in its translation, the brief text gave a very interesting insight into life in that civilisation. The coverage of laws involving family life, trade, agriculture and industry, assault, etc is quite insightful - especially the differing penalties for gentlemen, poor men and slaves - and surprised me as I wasn’t expecting such breadth for such times.I found it somewhat appealing the simplicity of the code and the apparent justice offered , as opposed to the opaque and complex legal system we have today, where sometime the law and justice seem to be different things.I had the kindle edition and would suggest its best to read this not as a book from cover to cover, but use the index to read those sections of interest.