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ancient Middle Eastern law


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This entry covers Mesopotamia and Egypt. The principal sources for law in ancient Mesopotamia are law collections, king's edicts (misharum edicts), and contemporaneous public and private legal documents, such as ...

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in The New Oxford Companion to Law Length: 1250 words

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