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Hammurabi's Code: The First Written Laws

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Hammurabi's Code: The First Written Laws

How a Babylonian king created a system of justice for all.

en hi ta te mr kn ml gu bn

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2009
The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.
2008
Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.
2004
The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti captured the city of Gonaïves, starting a coup d'état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government.
2004
At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.
2000
Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.
1985
The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

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