HistoryAncient (c. 1750 BC)Mesopotamia (Babylon)high confidence

King Hammurabi posted a legal code containing 282 laws around 1750 B.C.

Notes on verification

Confirmed by multiple high-quality independent sources (Louvre, Britannica, World History Encyclopedia, Wikipedia) agreeing on the 282-law count and the c. 1750 BC dating, with only minor variance in exact year due to chronology conventions.

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