List of ancient legal codes
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This is a list of ancient legal codes: (see Legal history ):
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Alphabetical
- Assyrian laws / Code of the Assura (c. 1075 BC)
- Babylonian laws (see Code of Hammurabi)
- Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC)
- Code of the Nesilim (c. 1650-1500 BC)
- Code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC)
- Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC)
- Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (ca. 1870 BC).
- Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC)
- The Gentoo Code
- Gortyn code (5th century BC)
- The Draconian constitution (7th Century BC)
- Hebraic law / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (see Mosaic Law) (later see Halakha) (13th Century BC)
- Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BC).
- Laws of Eshnunna (ca. 1930 BC)
- Mosaic Law / Hebraic law - Ten Commandments.
- Traditional Chinese law
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By date
- Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC)
- Code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC)
- Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC)
- Laws of Eshnunna (ca. 1930 BC)
- Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (ca. 1870 BC).
- Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC)
- Code of the Nesilim (c. 1650-1500 BC)
- Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BCE).
- Hebraic law / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (see Mosaic Law) (later see Halakha) (9th-5th Century BC)
- The Draconian constitution (7th Century BC)
- Gortyn code (5th century BC)
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