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。

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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。

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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。

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Another famous ancient piece is the "Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon."

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Literal punishment: for example, in the Code of Hammurabi, where someone's ox kills a child, then the ox owner's child is killed.

例如，在汉穆拉比法典里，如果某人的牛,杀死了一个小孩，那么这头牛的主人的小孩也应处死。

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But when you look at it in a comparative light in its legal context, we see that it's a polemic against the class distinctions that were being drawn in antecedent and contemporary legal systems, such as the Code of Hammurabi.

但当你在法律背景下以一种比较的观点看待它时，会发现它驳倒了存在于先前的和同时代的,法律体系中的阶级差异,例如，汉穆拉比法典。

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It is commonly referred to as the Law Code of Hammurabi, but some experts argue it's not really a law code at all.

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It does however provide an incomparable insight into life and justice during King Hammurabi's reign (1792-1750BC) as first ruler of the Babylonian Empire.

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There were precursors to Hammurabi's laws, explains Dr Frances Reynolds, Assyriology expert at Oxford University, but the stele and 130, 000 clay tablet documents from the period establish the king as a "fantastic administrator".

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