Hammurabi Code. Hammurabi is known as the most famous King of Babylon, and this is closely linked to him.
Before the Common Era, in several cradles of world civilization, several law codes were born one after another, such as China’s legal classics. However, none of the law codes, or written law codes, achieved as much as Hammurabi Code.
As a monarch who was once a slave, Hammurabi’s greatest contribution, besides enriching the nation and strengthening the people, was this law code.
Listening to Ziyu’s meaning, this world-renowned first written law code was actually born in the temple, and it was also created by Ziyu.
Tension and excitement caused sweat to burst from the forehead of Number 0.
Yijie waited outside for a moment. When he peeked inside, he only saw Ziyu and Number 0 walking into Ziyu’s room.
"Sneaky, I don’t know what’s going on," Yijie did not know yet that his study plan had been disrupted by Number 0. It was getting late, too, so Yijie unceremoniously found a clean bench in the yard and went straight to sleep on it.
If Yijie knew that this sleep would cause him to miss the original manuscript of the Hammurabi Code, he would probably regret it so much that he’d shoot himself with six bullets.
Sometimes, it is indeed more convenient to act between people of the same gender.
Number 0 also did not expect Ziyu to preserve the original manuscript of the code in this way.
"Once this code is introduced, the old system will be impacted. At the least, it will affect the rule of King Hammurabi, and at most, it will shake the stability of the entire Babylon City," said Ziyu, as she undid her robe and lifted her undergarment. From her waist and abdomen to Ziyu’s entire upper body, it was densely covered with cuneiform characters written in gold paint.
Whether the law code was drafted by Ziyu, Number 0 still did not know. In the earliest days of writing, those who could learn and record texts were often knowledgeable monks. And in Babylon, where temples were the main religious sites, the young Goddess played the role of recording texts.
"This code originally had more than 260 articles, detailing regulations on criminal, civil, trade, marriage, inheritance, and judicial systems. Although I do not agree with some of the content, more than ten laws were added later based on the original text. However, compared to past national governance strategies, the current code is already much more systematic," being involved in the drafting and amendment of this code was Ziyu’s greatest honor, although the code still contained many clauses in the interest of slave owners, even advocating barbaric acts like "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
Ziyu was not an ordinary scribe; she had her own thoughts. In the temple, the wounded and disfigured people who became commoners after suffering did not impair her ability to think independently. On the contrary, the more suffering, the more she transformed into a true "Goddess."
From Ziyu’s increasingly rising voice and the unstoppable action of holding her arms tight, Number 0 could see she was an independent woman who should not have lived in that era of Ancient Babylon.
It should be said that she was one of the earliest human rights activists. Number 0 felt emotional, "Little Eight, I want to take her with me and continue the journey." If predictions are correct, after completing the matters in Babylon, the next journey would follow the long river of time, moving slowly forward. Number 0 wanted to find a free sky for Ziyu’s free heart.
Little Eight knew that she should righteously scold Number 0, telling her not to overestimate herself, but Little Eight, who has always been strict, found it hard to say. (Don’t agree too quickly, first, try to improve your attributes, mix into the King of Babylon’s Personal Guard, then make a decision later.)
Little Eight grew up in "Military Road." She had seen the most ruthless struggles and the most despicable human nature, but after stepping on "Military Road" again with Number 0, she could feel that the people and events she encountered were changing her previous views. Occasionally getting into trouble was not necessarily a bad thing.
Yijie was sleeping soundly when suddenly he fell off the bench, crashing to the ground. Fortunately, in the commoner courtyards of Ancient Babylon City, which mainly had soft mud grounds, when he fell, it only caused a loud noise, and didn’t injure any bones.
"Quick, let’s go take on some tasks, I need to enhance my attribute and apply for the election of the Personal Guard as soon as possible," Xia You said in high spirits after walking out of Ziyu’s room, having completely shed her previous lethargy.