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Hammurabi
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Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land.
— Preface to the Code of Hammurabi (translated by Leonard William King, 1910)
Hammurabi
Sixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BCE)
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Lived -1810–-1750, aged 60
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He conquered Mesopotamia in the 18th century BC, but what keeps his name in circulation is the law code — one of the first to flip the script from compensating victims to punishing perpetrators, and to bake in presumption of innocence.
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Hammurabi took the throne of Babylon around 1792 BC after his father abdicated, then spent his reign swallowing city-states: Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari. He broke Assyria's king and forced his son into tribute, pulling nearly all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian control. The law code he issued — framed as a revelation from Shamash, god of justice — prescribed specific penalties for each crime and capped what victims could claim in retribution, a break from earlier Sumerian codes. He was worshipped as a god while alive, celebrated after death as the conqueror who spread civilization and made the world…
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Hammurabi
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If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.
— Section 196 of the Code of Hammurabi (translated by Leonard William King, 1910)
Hammurabi
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Laws of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established.
— Epilogue to the Code of Hammurabi (translated by Leonard William King, 1910)
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