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Hammurabi

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The heich pairt o the stane o Hammurabi's leist o laws

Hammurabi[1] (ca. 1810 BCE – 1750 BCE), wis the sixt king o Babylon. He is kent fer writin the Code o Hammurabi, the maist weel kent early exemplar o a ruler codifying a leist o laws fer his subjits.

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  1. (Akkadian frae Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, "the kinsman is a healer," frae ˤAmmu, "paternal kinsman," an Rāpi, "healer"
Precedit bi
Sin-muballit
Keengs o Babylon Succeedit bi
Samsu-Iluna