King Hammurabi posted a legal code containing 282 laws around 1750 B.C.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple high-quality independent sources (Louvre, Britannica, World History Encyclopedia, Wikipedia) agreeing on the 282-law count and the c. 1750 BC dating, with only minor variance in exact year due to chronology conventions. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists,wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.75 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Louvre Museum stele analysis, Britannica Code of Hammurabi entry, Standard Mesopotamian chronology (Middle Chronology)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Saving Iraq's Treasures (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://www.louvre.fr/en/the-code-of-hammurabi (corroboration)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (corroboration)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (corroboration)