Law Code Of Hammurabi

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August 8, 2015

 

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The law codes are inscribed on to a stele, which is a slab of stone set vertically. It stands seven feet approximately, and is Basalt (Arts and Culture).At the top of the stone King Hammurabi is shown talking to the sun god Shamash. He is standing and Shamash is seated and is larger than the King. This clearly signifies the greater of the two...
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This clearly signifies the greater of the two. Shamash represented righteousness and justice, thus making the right god for a code of laws (Arts and Culture). Hammurabi believed that he was chosen by the god specifically to write these laws. The laws were based on an-eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth concept...
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