Hammurabi

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king of Babylon and lawgiver

c. 1810 BC – 1750 BC · 60 years · Babylon · Middle East

Unified Mesopotamia under Babylon and issued the Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest surviving written law codes.

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The world in their lifetime

• c. 1754 BC Code of Hammurabi — aged 56, Middle East