• Etterra@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    If you want to base your laws off the OG law giver, them I’m proud to introduce you to my boy Hammurabi!

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi

    If a man has a debt lodged against him, and the storm-god Adad devastates his field or a flood sweeps away the crops, or there is no grain grown in the field due to insufficient water—in that year he will not repay grain to his creditor; he shall suspend performance of his contract [literally "wet his clay tablet"] and he will not give interest payments for that year.