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Article revised and expanded. Nov 13, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Online Library of Liberty - 1750: The Code of Hammurabi (King translation). Oct 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Washington Pressbooks - Early World Civilizations - Hammurabi’s Code. Jan 30, 2026
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Code of Hammurabi. Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Yale Law School Open Scholarship Repository - The Law of Hammurabi and Its Audience (PDF). Feb 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - 1750: The Code of Hammurabi (King translation). Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - The Code Of Hammurabi - Perhaps The First Law Code. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - The Code Of Hammurabi - Perhaps The First Law Code. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - The Code of Hammurabi. Aug 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Hammurabi and his God Given Code of Laws. May 20, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Washington - Information School - Podcast - The Code of Hammurabi. Dec 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Hammurabi’s Code. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: The National Endowment for the Humanities - EDSITEment - Hammurabi's Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia? Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Hammurabi and his God Given Code of Laws. May 13, 2023
Add new Web site: US History - Hammurabi's Code: An Eye for an Eye. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Code of Hammurabi: Ancient Babylonian Laws. Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Acaemia - Code of Hammurabi. Aug 31, 2022
Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - The Avalon Project - The Code of Hammurabi. Dec 06, 2018
Added cross-references. Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Hammurabi: King and Code. Dec 23, 2016
Add new Web site: History World - Code of Hammurabi. Jun 02, 2014
Media added. May 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Exploring Ancient World Cultures - The Near East. Jun 30, 2006
Added new Web site: Exploring Ancient World Cultures - The Near East. Jun 30, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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