=== Significant laws in Hammurabi's code ===
[[File:Code of Hammurabi Laws.jpg|thumb|Code of Hammurabi Laws, 1750 BC]]
:(Text taken from Harper's translation, [[s:The Code of Hammurabi (Harper translation)|readable on wikisource]])
* § 8 – If any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death.