the first five laws of the world where there any laws prior to hammurabi’s ?? if there were any...
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THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE
WORLD
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WHERE THERE ANY LAWS PRIOR TOHAMMURABI’S ??IF THERE WERE ANY LAWS WHEREHAVE THEY ORIGINATED?WERE THEY MESOPOTAMIAN?/IF THEY WERE MESOPOTAMIANWOULD WE HAVE HEARD OF THEM????
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WE KNOW THAT HAMMURABICODE WAS THE FIRST..BUT WASIT??WOULD IT BE A SURPRISE THATHAMMURABI WAS NOT THEFIRST??FLIP THE SLIDE TO SEE
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TIMELINE1. ca. 2350 BC - Reforms of Urukagina of
Lagash- not extant, but "known" through other sources.
2. ca. 2060 BC – Code of Ur-Nammu (or Shulgi?) of UR – Neo-Sumerian (Ur-III). Earliest code of which fragments have been discovered. The code speaks of witchcraft and the flight of slaves.
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3 ca. 1934-1924 BC - Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin - With a typical epilogue and prologue, the law deals with penalties, the rights of man, right of kings, marriages, and more.
4 ca. 1800 BC – Laws of City of Eshnuna (sometimes ascribed to king Bilalama
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5 ca. 1758 BC - Code of Hammurabi - The most famous, and also the most preserved of the ancient laws. Discovered in December 1901, it contains over 282 paragraphs of text, not including the prologue and epilogue.
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• Eshn
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Eshnunna Laws stipulated pricing of goods
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THE FIFTH LAWCODE OF HAMMURABI
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Conclusion• We always thought that the first law in
the world was from Mesopotamia and it was Hammurabi.
• In Fact the first FIVE laws in the world were from Mesopotamia and not only the first.
• Hammurabi was the fifth and not the first
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