Which prominent Mesopotamian king gave the phrase “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”?

Ashurbanipal

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Gilgamesh

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Sargon

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Hammurabi

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Solution

The correct option is D Hammurabi
Hammurabi who was the sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st Amorite dynasty of Babylon, is noted for his surviving set of laws, the Code of Hammurabi. He was the one who gave the phrase “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”.

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