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Code of Ur-Nammu
c. 2100 BCE
Oldest known surviving law code
Estimated
The Code of Ur-Nammu, from Sumer, dates to about 2100 to 2050 BCE. It predates Hammurabi's code by roughly 300 years.
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Oldest known surviving law code
The Code of Ur-Nammu, from Sumer, dates to about 2100 to 2050 BCE. It predates Hammurabi's code by roughly 300 years.