Code of Urukagina

The code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC) is known to have existed by its reference in the later codes such as…

• Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC)
• Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC)
• Laws of Eshnunna (ca. 1930 BC)[1]
• Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (ca. 1870 BC)[2]
• Babylonian laws / Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC)

no actual copy of law survives however fragments of ancient tablets establish him. Other code of laws include…

• Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BC)
• Code of the Nesilim (c. 1650-1500 BC)
• Assyrian laws / Code of the Assura (c. 1075 BC)
• The Draconian constitution (7th century BC)
• Corpus Juris Civilis (Justinian code) (529 to 534 CE)
• Gortyn code (5th century BC)
• Twelve Tables of Roman Law (451 BC)
• Law of Manu (ca. 200 BC)