Hammurabi+And+His+Laws

**.1 **Reigned in 1750 - 1792 B.C. **.2** Hammurabi code of laws is one of the greatest of ancient codes.  **.3** His laws are carved on a diorite column in 3,600 lines of cuneiform, it was found in 1902 at Susa and is now at Paris. **.4** Hammurabi is also know as Khammurapikh **.5** Made the 'Eye for an eye' law  **.6** 282 laws originally in number **.7** Marriage,inheritance,slavery,debt,activities of trader, farmer, and tavern keeper are some of the subjects that Hammurabi wrote about. **. 8 ** Hammurabi’s code is the oldest set of laws known to exist. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> **.9**<span style="color: #ff00ac; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Hammurabi's law <span style="color: #ff00ac; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> codes protected all classses of Babylonian society. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** .10 **<span style="color: #ff001e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Hammurabi’s Code is 44 columns of text, 28 paragraphs of which contain the actual code.