Visual Timeline: Code of Hammurabi

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2100 BCE - 2050 BCE: The Code of Ur-Nammu (the oldest extant code of laws) is written.
 
 
1930 BCE: The Laws of Eshnunna written in the city of Eshnunna, Mesopotamia.
 
1870 BCE - 1860 BCE: Law code of Lipit-Ishtar written.
 
 
1772 BCE: The Code of Hammurabi: One of the earliest codes of law in the world.
 
 
 
 
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