====== Code of Urukagina ======

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The code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC) no actual copy of law survives however is known to have existed by its reference in the later codes such as...

  * Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC) - refers to any of the legal codes written in cuneiform script.
  * [[Code of Ur-Nammu]], king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC) - Earliest code of which fragments have been discovered. The code speaks of witchcraft and the flight of slaves.
  * [[anteanus:laws_of_eshnunna]] (ca. 1930 BC) - sometimes ascribed to king Bilalama.
  * [[Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin]] (ca. 1870 BC) - With a typical epilogue and prologue, the law deals with penalties, the rights of man, right of kings, marriages, and more.
  * Babylonian laws / Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC) - the most preserved of the ancient laws. Discovered in December 1901, it contains over 282 paragraphs of text, not including the prologue and epilogue.

Other Ancient code of laws...

  * Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BC)
  * [[code_of_nesilim]] (c. 1650-1500 BC)
  * Assyrian laws / Code of the Assura (c. 1075 BC)
  * The Draconian constitution (7th century BC)
  * Twelve Tables of Roman Law (451 BC)
  * Gortyn code (5th century BC) 
  * Edicts of Ashoka of Buddhist Law (269-236 BC)
  * Law of Manu (ca. 200 BC)
  * Corpus Juris Civilis (Justinian code) (529 to 534 AD)