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From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Law Codes

The oldest recorded law code, the code of ur namu, from between 20 120 50 b c e. Its is also largely concerned with what is owed to whom in relation to moral griev es but also concerning property a so an example of this is the 30 first code on here. If a man flooded the field of a man with water, he shall measure out three cur of barley per icu field,. So it's a very exact and counted system of justice, right? And of course, it has stuff on there that we often uno. But i guess you could also say that often about modern law codes yes, it'

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