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jan 1, 1771 BC - Code of Hammurabi

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1792-1750 BCE
basalt
Susian (modern Iran)
First written codes of laws; gives legitimacy to King Hammurabi by showing that the god, Shamash, next to the king

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jan 1, 1771 BC
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~ 3798 years ago

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