Length1h 14m
About this audiobook
"Code of Hammurabi" is the most comprehensive extant collection of Babylonian laws. It was created during the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 BCE) of the 1st dynasty of Babylon. This work consists of his legal decisions collected toward the end of his rule and engraved on a diorite stela set up in Babylon's temple of Marduk, the national god of Babylonia. The 282 case laws in this work include economic provisions, family law, criminal law, and civil law. Punishments varied depending on the offenders' status and the circumstances of the crimes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length1 hr 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 8, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Titlepage
2Text
More from Hammurabi
The Laws of Hammurabi, King of BabyloniaHammurabi2h 51m$2 · $0.00
The Code of Hammurabi, King of BabylonHammurabi2h 19m$2 · $0.00
Cuneiform Jurisprudence and Mesopotamian Governance – 3 Classic Near Eastern Law TreatisesHammurabi, C. H. W. Johns, A. H. Sayce20h 58m$2
The Code of HammurabiHammurabi2h 26m$1 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Red RecordIda B. Wells-Barnett2h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete 6 Volume Edition)Edward Gibbon179h 45m$2 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m$18 · $0.00
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m$40 · $0.00
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m$29 · $0.00
You may also like
The Oldest Code of Laws in the WorldKing of Babylonia Hammurabi2h 44m$2 · $0.00
The Code of HammurabiHammurabi2h 26m$1 · $0.00
The Code of Hammurabi, King of BabylonHammurabi2h 19m$2 · $0.00
ElectraEuripides1h 46m$2.30
Mahabharata: The great warPrema Jayakumar42m$4
THE ORESTEIA TRILOGY: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers & The EumenidesAeschylus4h 35m$2 · $0.00
The Story Of The First ChristmasChristopher Glyn58m$4 · $0.00
Abridgement of Roman HistoryEutropius4h 1m$2 · $0.00
Alphonsus, King of AragonRobert Greene$2 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 SamuelKing James2h 13m$3 · $0.00
History of DuelJ. G. Millingen21h 28m$2 · $0.00
Predecessors of CleopatraLeigh North11h 42m$2 · $0.00
The FirebrandMarion Zimmer Bradley22h 15m$30
1 KingsChristopher Glyn2h 33m$2 · $0.00
The OresteiaAeschylus3h 38m$12
1 KingsChristopher Glyn2h 33m$4 · $0.00
Queens of HastinapurSharath Komarraju11h 25m$12
The New TestamentNina Reymann, Luna Luna2h 59m$12 · $0.00
The History of the Ancient CivilizationsMax Duncker92h 37m$2 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 ChroniclesKing James2h 1m$3 · $0.00