Marc Van De Mieroop
Marc Van De Mieroop
Marc Van De Mieroop is professor of history at Columbia University. He has also taught at the University of Oxford and at Yale. He is the author of more than 80 articles and reviews and has published 16 books on various aspects of ancient Near Eastern history, including a biography of Hammurabi.
The Code of Hammurabi
The code of Hammurabi is the most elaborate formulation of a style of law collections that was current throughout the ancient Near East.