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Law and the Family in Ancient Mesopotamia The Code of Hammurabi, 1800 BCE Thinking in Space: The Origins of Western Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia Hammurabi Stele Code of Hammurabi Law of Babylonian Empire Promulgated by Hammurabi in 1800 BCE 282 Laws, a Prologue and Epilogue The bas relief shows the sun god giving Hammurabi a staff and a ring symbolizing his authority to enforce the law. Laws on Family, Sexual and Property Relations Marriage and family: 129, 134-142, 142, 168-69. Assault: 195-212 “Consumer Protection:” 215-18, 229-33. Debt Slavery:117. You can assume…. That if the