5-670: Assyrian law , also known as the Middle Assyrian Laws (MAL) or the Code of the Assyrians , was an ancient legal code developed between 1450 and 1250 BCE in the Middle Assyrian Empire . It was very similar to Sumerian and Babylonian law , although the penalties for offenses were generally more brutal. The first copy of the code to come to light, dated to the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I (r. 1114–1076 BCE),
10-836: A number of codifications were developed, such as the Twelve Tables of Roman law (first compiled in 450 BC) and the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, also known as the Justinian Code (429–534 AD). In India, the Edicts of Ashoka (269–236 BC) were followed by the Law of Manu (200 BC). In ancient China, the first comprehensive criminal code was the Tang Code, created in 624 AD in the Tang Dynasty. The following
15-521: The Code of the Assyrians. The list is incomplete due to some parts of the code being untranslatable or irrecoverable. The vast majority of the listed rules deal with sexual relations/encounters between men and women such as rape, and adultery . But some of the rules are concerned with divorce and domestic abuse. Much of Assyrian law revolves around lust , sexual intercourse , marriage , and pregnancy . List of ancient legal codes The legal code
20-588: Was a common feature of the legal systems of the ancient Middle East. Many of them are examples of cuneiform law . The oldest evidence of a code of law was found at Ebla , in modern Syria (c. 2400 BC). The Sumerian Code of Ur-Nammu ( c. 2100 –2050 BC), then the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1760 BC), are amongst the earliest originating in the Fertile Crescent . In the Roman empire,
25-507: Was discovered in the course of excavations by the German Oriental Society (1903–1914). Three Assyrian law collections have been found to date. Punishments such as the cropping of ears and noses was common, as it was in the Code of Hammurabi , which was composed several centuries earlier. Murder was punished by the family being allowed to decide the death penalty for the murderer. The laws listed below are excerpts from
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