social science: hammurabi's code

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•  Hammurabi was a king of Mesopotamia.
•  He reigned in Babylon: the richest and the most powerful city.
• He created the earliest form of laws, Hammurabi's code (282 laws).
• They were engraved in stone and settled in public places.
• Based on "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"(retaliation).

1. Criminal laws: rules that define conduct.
2. Civil laws: disputes among individuals.

      * There was an exception: Hammurabi believed gods had power over people and events.