The expression " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth " dates back to inscriptions found in the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon.
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Under the Code of Hammurabi, if Amon built a storehouse for Marduk, and Marduk's daughter died when the building collapsed, Amon's daughter was to be killed in retaliation.
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The Hittite laws and the Code of Hammurabi both insist that if a slave is harmed by a 3rd party, the 3rd party must financially compensate the owner.
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The earliest and most famous example is Code of Hammurabi which set the different punishment and compensation, according to the different class / group of victims and perpetrators.
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While no later archaeological evidence was found at Bismaya, the excavations there were brief, and there were later epigraphic references to Adab, such as in the Code of Hammurabi.
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Evidence of this viewpoint is found in the Code of Hammurabi, which permits debtors to sell their wives and children into temporary slavery, lasting a maximum of three years.
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With the invention of writing came the first recorded laws called the Code of Hammurabi as well as the first major piece of literature called the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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The oldest known codified law is the Code of hammurabi, dating back to about 1754 BC . The preface directly credits the laws to the code of hammurabi of Ur.
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The Maxims of Ptahhotep and Sharia Law, also include certifications for professionals like doctors, lawyers and skilled craftsmen which prescribe penalties for malpractice very similar to the code of Hammurabi.
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The oldest known codified law is the Code of hammurabi, dating back to about 1754 BC . The preface directly credits the laws to the code of hammurabi of Ur.
