Early collections of laws, including the code…

2061 BCE to 1918 BCE

Early collections of laws, including the code of Ur-Nammu, (the king of Ur in about 2050 BCE), the Code of Eshnunna (around 1930 BCE) and the code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (around 1930 BCE), formalize the role of money in civil society.

They set amounts of interest on debt... fines for 'wrong doing'... and compensation in money for various infractions of formalized law.

Locations
Eshnunna Iraq View →

People
Lipit-Ishtar View → Ur-Nammu View →

Groups
Mesopotamia View → Sumer View → Isin, city-state of View → Ur, Third Dynasty of (Neo-Sumerian Empire) View → Eshnunna, city-state of View →

Topics
Subboreal Period View → Middle Bronze Age I (Near and Middle East) View → 1900s BCE Near East mass migration View →

Commodities
Money View →

Subjects
Custom and Law View →

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