The Code of Hammurabi, is a set of 252 laws and penalties devised by the Babylonian King, Hammurabi, in approximately 1700 BC.
Only one complete example of the code remains today. The 8-foot tall carved basalt monolith (a stele) was discovered by Egyptian archaeologist Gustav Jéquier, in Iran (formerly Susa, Elam), in 1901, and is on display at the Louvre, in Paris.
Hammurabi supposedly got his laws from the gods.
Hammurabi's code of law video @ Teacher Tube:
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Hammurabi_s_code_of_law&video_id=250776
Only one complete example of the code remains today. The 8-foot tall carved basalt monolith (a stele) was discovered by Egyptian archaeologist Gustav Jéquier, in Iran (formerly Susa, Elam), in 1901, and is on display at the Louvre, in Paris.
Hammurabi supposedly got his laws from the gods.
Hammurabi's code of law video @ Teacher Tube:
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Hammurabi_s_code_of_law&video_id=250776