The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia ,The Prologue of the Code of Hammurabi (the first 305 inscribed squares on the stele) is on such a tablet
The Hammurabi code is an ancient babylonian code of law inscribed on stone. It dates back to 1750, B.C., being the first written account of a law system in the extinct Mesopotanian civilization.
It was discovered in 1901, in a rock stele 2.25 m high and it represents almost a complet text in a cuneiform style. The old akkadian is the ancient language that was represented. Today it can be compared in importance as human heritage perhaps to the Rosetta Stone.
The first letter of each word makes Suribachi. Mt. Suribachi held special significance in the Battle of Iwo Jima because that is where the US Marines raised the flag
