Hammurabi

Hammurabi

Hammurabi (1792 - 1750 BCE) the sixth ruler of Babylon, and the first of the Babylonian Empire, Hammurabi is known for a set of laws called the Hammurabi's Code (Codex Hammurabi), which are the earliest examples of codes of law in written history. Among other laws, Hammurabi's Code also laid out rules regarding the profession and practice of medicine. The one nearly complete stele of the Code of Hammurabi was discovered in 1901 by Gustave Jequier in the Susa Expedition, in what is now Khuzestan, Iran.