Annotation The history of law can only begin after the written record of it commences; in the Middle East, that is a few centuries after the advent of writing i
This work sets out to compare the pre-first millennium BC law collections of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Hatti. By highlighting and explaining consistent differences
A comprehensive survey of the Law of the Ancient Near East by a team of specialist scholars, this volume allows non-specialists access to the world's earliest k
Mesopotamia is often considered to be the birthplace of law codes. In recognition of this fact and motivated by the perennial interest in the topic among Assyri
Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civiliza