Code of Ur-Nammu
Oldest surviving law code, from Mesopotamia
Code of Ur-Nammu
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language. It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice." Ur-Nammu's codes and reforms have been seen as some of the earliest documented cases of regard for widows, orphans, and the poor in the Fertile Crescent.
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