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  1. Ur-Nammu
    (from the article `cuneiform law`) Here it is possible only to illustrate some of the major extant laws or codes. The most ancient legislator known is Ur-Nammu, the founder of one of ... ...by the semibarbaric Gutians, the city-states once again became independent. The high point of this final era o...
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  2. Ur-Nammu
    Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, ca. 2047-2030 BC short chronology) founded the Sumerian 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. His main achievement was state-building, and Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code,...
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  3. Ur-Nammu
    Ur-Nammu (ŭr-näm'OO) , fl. 2060 B.C., king of the ancient city of Ur, sometimes called Zur-Nammu or Ur-Engur. He founded a new Sumerian dynasty, the third dynasty of Ur, that lasted a century. Ur-Nammu was the promulgator of the oldest code of law yet known, older by about three centu...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0850205.html

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