Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, (born, Babylon [now in Iraq]—died c. 1750 bce), sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon (reigning c. 1792–1750 bce), noted for his surviving set of laws, once considered the oldest promulgation of laws in human history.
Hammurabi created a set of laws that covered most aspects of life in Babylonia. He had them put on a big black stone that was over seven feet tall in the middle of the city.
