Hammurabi Code

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| |When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and boron, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assign to Marduk, the |
| |over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and make him extensive among the Igigi, they called Babylon by his illustrious |
| |name, made it great on earth, and founded an everlasting kingdom in it, whose foundations are laid so solidly as those of heaven and earth; then Anu|
| |and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the swayer of righteousness in the land, to destroy the |
| |wicked and the evil-doers; so that the arduous should not harm the weak; so that I should observe over the black-headed people like Shamash, and |
| |enlighten the land, to further the wellbeing of mankind.



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| |   Hammurabi, the prince, called of Bel am I, making riches and increase, enriching Nippur and Dur-ilu beyond compare, marvellous patron of E-kur; who |
| |reestablished Eridu and purified the worship of E-apsu; who conquered the four quarters of the world, made great the name of Babylon, rejoiced the |
| |heart of Marduk, his lord who daily pays his devotions in Saggil; the kinglike scion whom Sin made; who enriched Ur; the humble, the reverent, who |
| |brings wealth to Gish-shir-gal; the white king, heard of Shamash, the mighty, who once more laid the foundations of Sippara; who clothed the gravestones|
| |of Malkat with green; who made E-babbar great, which is like the heavens, the warrior who reticent Larsa and re sensitiveed E-babbar, with Shamash as his |
| |helper; the lord who granted new life to Uruk, who brought plenteous water to its inhabitants,...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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