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THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE WORLD

THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE WORLD. THE FOLLOWING IS A SYNOPSIS OF A PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY CANADA IRAQ FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (C.I.F.A) MONTREAL, CANADA . Cifa.montreal@gmail.com PRESENTED BY MUWAFFAQ TIKRITI ON MARCH 22 ND 2010.

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THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE WORLD

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  1. THE FIRST FIVE LAWS OF THE WORLD

  2. THE FOLLOWING IS A SYNOPSIS OF A PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY CANADA IRAQ FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (C.I.F.A) MONTREAL, CANADA. Cifa.montreal@gmail.com PRESENTED BY MUWAFFAQ TIKRITI ON MARCH 22ND 2010

  3. WHERE THERE ANY LAWS PRIOR TO HAMMURABI’S ?? IF THERE WERE ANY LAWS WHERE HAVE THEY ORIGINATED? WERE THEY MESOPOTAMIAN?/ IF THEY WERE MESOPOTAMIAN WOULD WE HAVE HEARD OF THEM????

  4. WE KNOW THAT HAMMURABI CODE WAS THE FIRST..BUT WAS IT?? WOULD IT BE A SURPRISE THAT HAMMURABI WAS NOT THE FIRST?? FLIP THE SLIDE TO SEE

  5. TIMELINE • ca. 2350 BC - Reforms of Urukagina of Lagash- not extant, but "known" through other sources. • ca. 2060 BC – Code of Ur-Nammu (or Shulgi?) of UR – Neo-Sumerian (Ur-III). Earliest code of which fragments have been discovered. The code speaks of witchcraft and the flight of slaves.

  6. ca. 1934-1924 BC - Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin - With a typical epilogue and prologue, the law deals with penalties, the rights of man, right of kings, marriages, and more. • ca. 1800 BC – Laws of City of Eshnuna (sometimes ascribed to king Bilalama

  7. ca. 1758 BC - Code of Hammurabi - The most famous, and also the most preserved of the ancient laws. Discovered in December 1901, it contains over 282 paragraphs of text, not including the prologue and epilogue.

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  9. Eshnunna Laws stipulated pricing of goods

  10. THE FIFTH LAW CODE OF HAMMURABI

  11. Conclusion • We always thought that the first law in the world was from Mesopotamia and it was Hammurabi. • In Fact the first FIVE laws in the world were from Mesopotamia and not only the first. • Hammurabi was the fifth and not the first

  12. With Special thanks to C.I.F.A Canada Iraq Friendship Association Montreal cifa.montreal@gmail.com

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