In what way did Hammurabi's Code set a precedent in law making?

-It was the first set of laws, either secular or religious(my answer)
-It provided specific punishments for specific offenses
-It gave the ruler complete power over the people
-It limited knowledge of the law to only the top elite of society

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Again, read your text and the website I linked for you in your other post ... and then double-check your choice.
Your answer is probably correct in that his code is the earliest we have a complete record of. There were others, even earlier, but we have only fragments of them that have survived. His was thought to be the first such written code of laws, but now we think there we think there were earlier ones.
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