Hammurabi

[ hah-moo-rah-bee, ham-oo- ]

noun

1. 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.

Hammurabi

/ ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

1. Hammurabi?18th century bc?18th century bcMBabylonianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerLAW: lawmaker ?18th century bc , king of Babylonia; promulgator of one of the earliest known codes of law

Hammurabi

1. A king of ancient Mesopotamia , known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code.

Example Sentences

Hammurabi’s regime, built on conquest and plunder, hardly provides a model for peace, democracy or human rights.

From Time

History may not give us all the answers—Hammurabi’s curses are unlikely to have much effect today—but these examples remind us that there are many possible versions of the rule of law.

From Time

This is at least better than the Code of Hammurabi, which considered the rape victim an adulteress.

From The Daily Beast

He is just as likely to bring in Ben Bernanke and Ralph Nader as Hammurabi and Cato the Elder.

From The Daily Beast

The Code of Hammurabi is one of the most important monuments in the history of the human race.

From Project Gutenberg

The famous code of Hammurabi is much older than the Mosaic law.

From Project Gutenberg

Town ruins of Hammurabi's age (Babylon): crude brick: plans always confused and haphazard.

From Project Gutenberg

What is easier than sitting before a comfortable steam radiator and reading an etymological dictionary or the Laws of Hammurabi?

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The Jewish law had a provision like that in the law of Hammurabi, except that the limit was six years instead of three.

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