the first five laws of the world where there any laws prior to hammurabi’s ?? if there were any...

THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE

WORLD

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????

WE KNOW THAT HAMMURABICODE WAS THE FIRST..BUT WASIT??WOULD IT BE A SURPRISE THATHAMMURABI WAS NOT THEFIRST??FLIP THE SLIDE TO SEE

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.

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

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.

• Eshn

Eshnunna Laws stipulated pricing of goods

THE FIFTH LAWCODE OF HAMMURABI

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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