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The complete Code of Hammurabi (~1750 bc)
(ehammurabi.org)
#21 is my favorite:
"If a man broke into a house, he will be executed and hung in front of that breach."
This was back when houses had mud walls, the translation I read years ago was more brutal... Basically "If you break into someone's house to steal, you'll be killed and your body used to seal the hole you made."
They sure werw big on executions.
I was going to say, a lot of execution
If a man lies, execution. Steals execution. Insults your goat, also execution. Does not like your hairdo, believe it or not, execution.
BC not AD
Stories that develop over years.
Or long well written articles, that could be on s/technology or s/news, but will probably get deleted there for some obscur rules