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Hammurabi
He had his laws carved into a stone column and placed where everyone could see them — one of the first times a ruler publicly promised to be bound by the same rules as the ruled.
-1810–-1750
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A reign that shaped law and order
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c.1810 BCE
Royal beginnings
Hammurabi was born into a ruling family in Babylon, inheriting a small but strategically placed kingdom within a competitive Mesopotamian landscape.