The Bible's lex talionis – "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the ...

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A clay tablet with proto-cuneiform writing. Image credits: Jim Kuhn/Wikimedia Commons. The Mesopotamians didn’t write full text as we do today. They used symbols and markings with a stylus ...

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