Babylon

Mesopotamian capital of Hammurabi's law and Nebuchadnezzar's walls.

Historical layers

1. 1894 – 1595 BCE

   Old Babylonian

   Codification of law on a basalt stele.

Events here

1754 BCE

The Code of Hammurabi

282 laws cut into a two-metre basalt stele, published where any literate subject could read them.