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The 27 pages that link to Code of Hammurabi, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformBroader topic: Its cuneiform inscription exemplifies writing used to present royal law.

• MesopotamiaBroader topic: Its surviving inscription offers evidence of kingship, social distinctions, and legal ideals.

• Fertile CrescentBroader topic: It exemplifies the legal institutions of a later state within the region.

• Akkadian languageBroader topic: It is a prominent example of Akkadian used for public law and royal authority.

• LouvreRelated: The Louvre’s stele is a major artifact in its collection of ancient Near Eastern objects.

• Capital punishmentBroader topic: Its laws illustrate early written use of death as a state punishment.

• Civil procedureBroader topic: Its written provisions show early attempts to formalize dispute resolution and legal process.

• Ancient Near EastBroader topic: It became a famous witness to Mesopotamian ideas of law and royal justice.

• HammurabiBroader topic: It is the surviving work most closely associated with his reign.

• BabyloniaBroader topic: It illustrates how royal authority presented justice and social order in Babylonia.

• Old Babylonian periodBroader topic: Its prologue, legal cases, and royal claims exemplify Babylonian kingship and jurisprudence.

• Book of DeuteronomyCompared with: Its casuistic laws illuminate a broader ancient Near Eastern setting for biblical legislation.

• SusaRelated: The stele was discovered at Susa, although it originated in Babylonia.

• CodificationBroader topic: It is an early, famous example of rules gathered into a public written collection.

• Ur-NammuCompared with: It is a later, better-preserved law code often compared with Ur-Nammu’s.

• Hittite lawCompared with: Its monumental presentation invites comparison with the Hittite collection’s tablet-based revisions.

• AssyriologyBroader topic: Its study has shaped debates about law, justice, and political authority in ancient societies.

• Mesopotamian kingshipBroader topic: Its prologue presents the king as chosen to establish justice and protect the vulnerable.

• Code of Ur-NammuCompared with: It is later, much more complete, and often mistakenly treated as the earliest law code.

• Legal historyBroader topic: It is a prominent early example of a ruler’s public presentation of legal decisions.

• Sacred prostitutionRelated: Its provisions for women in religious roles are sometimes misread as evidence of ritual sex.

• Code of lawBroader topic: It is an early, influential example of laws assembled in a written collection.

• UrukaginaCompared with: Its later fame contrasts with the earlier, less systematic reform claims preserved for Urukagina.

• Recorded historyBroader topic: Its public legal claims reveal how rulers used writing to project authority and order.

• History of criminal justiceBroader topic: Its written penalties reveal an early state effort to standardize justice.

• History of MesopotamiaBroader topic: The monument became one of the most recognizable legacies of Babylonian rule.

• History of prostitutionBroader topic: Its provisions illuminate the legal status of certain women and institutions, not a universal origin story.