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History African Legal Jurusdiction Laws, For Indigenous Hybrid Humans Only
Civilization Ur-Nammu King Law Governs African Indigenous People. Not Gays.
It institute fines of monetary compensation for bodily damage as opposed to the later lex talionis ('eye for an eye') principle of Babylonian law. However, murder, robbery, adultery and rape were capital offenses. The code reveals a glimpse at societal structure during Ur's Third Dynasty.***
How did Hammurabi's code differ from the Ur-Nammu law code?How many laws are in the Code of Ur-Nammu? 57 laws. *The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE
What did the Code of Ur-Nammu say?
***The Code of Ur-Nammu lists 57 laws regarding living in Sumerian society. Additionally, it includes a prologue that describes the rise of King Ur-Nammu through the influence of gods such as Nanna. However, only 40 of the laws have been decipherable.
b) The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi's Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901
What was the most important law in Hammurabi's code
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed c. 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.