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Code of Hammurabi (Long Version)

( ca. 1752 BCE )

Further Reading

Articles

  • Leemans, W. F. “Hammurabi's Babylon, Centre of Trade, Administration and Justice.” Sumer 41, nos. 1–2 (1985): 91–96.
  • Roth, Martha T. “Mesopotamian Legal Traditions and the Laws of Hammurabi.” Chicago-Kent Law Review 71, no. 1 (1995): 13–39.
  • Veenhof, K. R. “The Relation between Royal Decrees and ‘Law Codes' of the Old Babylonian Period.” Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux 35/36 (1997–2000): 49–83.

Books

  • Roth, Martha T. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1997.
  • Schmandt-Besserat, Denise. When Writing Met Art: From Symbol to Story. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007.
  • Van de Mieroop, Marc. King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

Web Sites

  • “Babylonia: Country, Language, Religion, Culture.” Livius “Articles on Ancient History” Web site. http://www.livius.org/ba-bd/babylon/babylonia.html.
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