Everything Wrong With #Deuteronomy 19 in the #Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_xwq0r-GU
We're going full #Hammurabi with a literal #eyeforaneye commandment.
#christianity #murder #genocide #religion #judaism #history

The Ancient Near East is a time period most of us don’t know a lot about. How did the Ancient Near East—more than 4000 years ago—impact insurance? Find out in my new episode.
https://apple.co/3novjce #insurance #history #insurancevshistory #hammurabi

Bottomry is often considered one of the first proto-insurance products. What is it? Why does it have such a funny name? Is it insurance? Find out in my most recent episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/insurance-vs-king-hammurabi-of-babylon/id1576703146?i=1000604978874&itscg=30200S&itsct=podcast_box
#insurance #history #insurancevshistory #hammurabi

Have you listened to the new episode yet? In this episode, I talk about King Hammurabi’s Code, often considered to be the first legal code ever written and the first written mention of insurance. But is that really the case? Join me to find out! #insurance #history #insurancevshistory #hammurabi

New episode out today! In this episode, I talk about King Hammurabi’s Code, often considered to be the first legal code ever written and the first written mention of insurance. But is that really the case? Join me to find out!
#insurance #history #insurancevshistory #hammurabi

The Amorites were a Semitic people who seem to have emerged from western Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria) at some point prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/amorite/ #History #Amorite #Hammurabi #Mesopotamia

@wbtphdjd @Popehat A progressive view of history should be concerned less with the usually disappointing "Did a historical person comply with our current normal?" and more with "Did this person bring progress to humanity?" #Hammurabi was almost certainly an authoritarian @$$hole by our standards, but he was also the most important #progressive in history.

The Amorites were a Semitic people who seem to have emerged from western Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria) at some point prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. In Sumerian they were known as the Martu or the Tidnum (in the Ur III Period), in Akkadian by the name of Amurru, and in Egypt as Amar, all of which mean 'westerners' or 'those of the west', as does the Hebrew name Amorite. They worshipped their ...https://www.worldhistory.org/amorite/ #Amorite #Hammurabi #Mesopotamia

Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, including the Mosaic Law of the Bible. He was the first ruler able to successfully govern all of Mesopotamia, without revolt, following his initial conquest.
https://www.worldhistory.org/hammurabi/ #Amorite #Babylon #Hammurabi

@douginamug @mtorpey @samuelpepys @philgyford Oh, that is interesting. I'm now a follower.

#Hammurabi

@douginamug yes hashtags, if i look for #hammurabi #adultery i would find toot of laws about adultery, maybe not all of them are taggable. Your example may be tagged with "contract" i guess ?