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Code of Ur-Nammu — The Oldest Known Law Code

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The Code of Ur-Nammu is humanity's oldest known law code, predating Hammurabi by three centuries. Its prologue, where the king presents himself as guarantor of justice and protector of the weak, strikingly anticipates biblical prophetic rhetoric.

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