Hammurabi and the Laws That Survived
In short: Hammurabi's law code was not the first in Mesopotamia, but the stone stele now in the Louvre preserves the earliest law code to survive substantially complete.
A 2:13 short film in the series “Before Babylon”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Musée du Louvre (Collections du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales), “tablette”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Laws of Eshnunna | ancient document | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Code of Hammurabi | Summary & History | Britannica”; World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org), “Hammurabi: Conquerer, King, and Law-Giver”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hammurabi | Biography, Code, Importance, & Facts | Britannica”; Minot State University (Open Educational Resources source reader), “Prologue and Epilogue to the Code of Hammurabi”; Musée du Louvre, “Code de Hammurabi”; The Louvre Museum, “Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East | The Louvre Museum”; HIST 1039 course exhibit 'ASCEND; DISRUPT', Harvard University (Omeka, Faculty of Arts and Sciences), “IV. A Curious Case: The Kassites · ASCEND; DISRUPT · HIST 1039”; British Museum (republished by World History Encyclopedia), “Kassite”.
Sources used in this film
- Musée du Louvre (Collections du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales) — tablette · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Laws of Eshnunna | ancient document | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Code of Hammurabi | Summary & History | Britannica · View →
- World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org) — Hammurabi: Conquerer, King, and Law-Giver · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Hammurabi | Biography, Code, Importance, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Minot State University (Open Educational Resources source reader) — Prologue and Epilogue to the Code of Hammurabi · View →
- Musée du Louvre — Code de Hammurabi · View →
- The Louvre Museum — Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East | The Louvre Museum · View →
- HIST 1039 course exhibit 'ASCEND; DISRUPT', Harvard University (Omeka, Faculty of Arts and Sciences) — IV. A Curious Case: The Kassites · ASCEND; DISRUPT · HIST 1039 · View →
- British Museum (republished by World History Encyclopedia) — Kassite · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Musée du Louvre (Collections du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales): tablette
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Laws of Eshnunna | ancient document | Britannica
- Also: Code of Hammurabi | Summary & History | Britannica
- Also: World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org): Hammurabi: Conquerer, King, and Law-Giver
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Hammurabi | Biography, Code, Importance, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Minot State University (Open Educational Resources source reader): Prologue and Epilogue to the Code of Hammurabi
- Also: Musée du Louvre (collections database, Département des Antiquités orientales): Code de Hammurabi
- Also: The Louvre Museum: Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East | The Louvre Museum
- Also: HIST 1039 course exhibit 'ASCEND; DISRUPT', Harvard University (Omeka, Faculty of Arts and Sciences): IV. A Curious Case: The Kassites · ASCEND; DISRUPT · HIST 1039
- Also: Kassite
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