10h 41min, aug 7, 1792 y BC - Code of Hammurabi
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1792-1750 BCE
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Susian (modern Iran)
Hammurabi was the most far-reaching leader of Mesopotamian history. He expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River.
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Said to have received the laws from the god Shamash
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10h 41min, aug 7, 1792 y BC
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~ 3819 years ago