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The Law Code of Hammurabi. Written around 1750 BC (selected laws)

1. If a man lies in court in a case involving a death sentence, that man shall be put to death.
2. If a man lies in court in exchange for a bribe of grain or money, he shall himself bear the penalty imposed in that case.
3. If a man breaks a hole in a house, they shall put him to death in front of that hole and they shall thrust him into the hole.
4. If a fire breaks out in a man's house and another man goes to extinguish the fire and steals, that man shall be thrown into that fire.
5. If a man divorces a wife who has not borne him children, he shall give her back the money in her marriage settlement.
6. If a son strikes his father, they shall cut off his fingers.
7. If a man destroys the eye of another man, his eye shall be destroyed.
8. If one man breaks another man's bone, they shall break his bone.
9. If a man knocks out a tooth of a man of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth.
10. If a man strikes a man who is his superior, he shall receive 60 strokes with an oxtail in public.
11. If a builder builds a house for another man and the house collapses and kills the owner, that builder shall be put to death.

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