All 5 Uses of
Code of Hammurabi
in
Snow Crash
- The black stele or obelisk is the Code of Hammurabi, which dates from about 1750 B.C. The treelike structure is a Yahwistjc cult totem from Palestine.†
Chpt 27-28 *
- The asherah and the Code of Hammurabi are in museums.†
Chpt 27-28
- There is a representation of Marduk here on this stele-the Code of Hammurabi.†
Chpt 33-34
- Hiro wanders over to the Code of Hammurabi and has a gander.†
Chpt 33-34
- Enki, or his son Marduk, tried to reimpose order on society by supplanting the old system of me with a code of laws-The Code of Hammurabi.†
Chpt 55-56
Definition:
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(Code of Hammurabi) law of the Babylonian king Hammurabi (roughly 1760 BC is possibly the oldest written code of law known in its entirety) with such concepts as "an eye for an eye" and different treatment for each social class