In Babylon, the Code of Hammurabi was engraved on a tall stele.
在古巴比伦,著名的《汉摩拉比法典》即被刻写在一块高大的石碑上。
The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC).
古巴比伦王国在著名的国王汉谟拉比(公元前1792-1750)的统治下曾经繁荣一时。
Despite these cases the death penalty, on the statute books since the days of Hammurabi, is disappearing in much of the world.
虽然发生了这些案件,但是在所有从汉莫拉比时期以来的众多法律法规中,死刑在世界许多地方在逐渐消失。
Conclusion: the Code of Hammurabi incarnates the idea of justice of the Old Babylonians, which not quite the same as our modern idea of justice.
结论:《汉穆拉比法典》体现了古巴比伦人的正义观,它与我们现代的正义观不完全相同。
Although we don't know much about Sumerian law, scholars agree that the Code of Hammurabi, written by a Babylonian monarch, reproduces Sumerian law fairly exactly.
虽然我们对苏美尔人的法律了解不多,学者们同意巴比伦君王书写的汉摩拉比的法令,公平的严密的复制了苏美尔人的法律。
The law code of Hammurabi is available to us and there's a preface to it in which he basically explains why you should obey the rules that he now is laying down for you.
《汉谟拉比法典》仍现存于世,在法典的前言里,法典作者实际上解释了为什么他将在后文中列出的法条应该被人们遵守。
Babylonia: an ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates river valley. It flourished under hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar ii but declined after562b. c. and fell to the persians in539.
巴比伦王国:美索不达米亚的一个古代帝国,幼发拉底河流域。繁荣于汉穆拉比和尼布甲尼撒二世统治之时,但于公元前562年后衰落并于539年落于波斯人手中。
Babylonia: an ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates river valley. It flourished under hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar ii but declined after562b. c. and fell to the persians in539.
巴比伦王国:美索不达米亚的一个古代帝国,幼发拉底河流域。繁荣于汉穆拉比和尼布甲尼撒二世统治之时,但于公元前562年后衰落并于539年落于波斯人手中。
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