Teagan Wolter
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Teagan Wolter is Associate Editor of Anthropology at Encyclopædia Britannica. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UW-Madison and is finishing her dissertation in Central Asian archaeology at the University of Chicago.
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Code of Hammurabi, collection of Babylonian laws, developed during the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 bce) of the first dynasty of Babylon. It was composed toward the end of his reign and inscribed on a stone stela. These 282 laws include economic provisions (prices, tariffs, trade, and commerce),…
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