This is at least better than the Code of Hammurabi, which considered the rape victim an adulteress. |
The next trace of the first beer preparations brings us to Babylon where 2000 years before Christ, King Hammurabi issued specifications relating to the brewing and serving of beer. |
The provisions in the laws of Hammurabi are as simple and matter-of-fact as possible. |
He is just as likely to bring in Ben Bernanke and Ralph Nader as Hammurabi and Cato the Elder. |
Babylon, however, is the beloved city of Marduk, and upon its beautification and improvement Hammurabi expends his chief energy. |
Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi further developed Babylonian law, by codifying and inscribing it in stone. |