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**People: Hammurabi's Code** ====Hammurabi's Code is an ancient law code 1790 BC in Babylon. It was established by the sixth Babylonian King, Hammurabi. The codes includes of 281 laws, but skipping the number 13. Hammurabi collected existing rules, judgements, and laws into his code and engrave them in stones. Copies of his codes were placed all over his empire. ====

====Hammurabi was a ruler from 1750 BC to 1796 BC and said he was chosen by the Gods to deliver the law to his people. In the preface to the law code, he states, "Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land." ====