<P> Ancient Sumer 's Code of Ur - Nammu was compiled circa 2050 -- 1230 BC , and is the earliest known surviving civil code . Three centuries later , the Babylonian king Hammurabi enacted the set of laws named after him . </P>
<P> Ancient Sumer 's Code of Ur - Nammu was compiled circa 2050 -- 1230 BC , and is the earliest known surviving civil code . Three centuries later , the Babylonian king Hammurabi enacted the set of laws named after him . </P>
where did the idea of codification come from
where did the idea of codification come from
Ancient Sumer 's Code of Ur - Nammu
Ancient Sumer 's Code of Ur - Nammu