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The Code of Hammurabi was found in 1901 in Persia. Although scholars suspect there are others that preceed it, the tablet that was found is the earliest written code known (cite). There are two hundred and eighty two codes of law and many argue they resemble some of the concepts presented in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Presented here is the prologue to the Code. The full-text including the prologue, the two hundred and eighty two laws, and the epilogue can be read here. So are there similiarities? If so, what are they?
Code of Hammurabi
When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great 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;...
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