Ancient Written Law Codes

Written collections of laws or legal decisions, exemplified by Mesopotamian Sumerian and Babylonian law-code traditions.

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Writing (writing) required 92% textbook The scoped technology is a written law code; the Ur-Nammu witness is described as Sumerian text on clay in cuneiform, and Hammurabi's later laws were inscribed on a stela.

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