CODE OF HAMMURABI

Code of Hammurabi (hah-m<<schwa>>-rah-bee or ham-<<schwa>>-). The oldest known written legal code, produced in Mesopotamia during the rule of Hammurabi (who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.). • The code consisted of nearly 300 provisions, arranged under headings such as family, trade, real property, personal property, and labor. [Blacks Law 8th]