The Impact of Ancient Iraqi laws on social life in Mesopotamia

Abstract

    Mesopotamia witnessed the dawn of human civilization, and man discovered the wheel and cylinder seals in Mesopotamia and became accustomed to recording cuneiform writing in the year 3200 BC. M and other aspects of civilization, and social life witnessed great development in various fields, its complexity, and the conflict of interests and concepts among its residents, which prompted its rulers to organize people’s lives and began King Orcagina’s reforms to remove the types and forms of injustice and infringement on the rights of the weak. Matters have developed to the enactment of more developed and mature legal laws to keep pace with the changing life and its fluctuations for the purpose of ensuring that the old Iraqi society enjoys security and peace through the enactment of the following successive laws, which are: The Code of Urnamu, the Code of Bit-Ishtar, the Code of Eshnunna, the Code of Hammurabi, and the Assyrian laws these laws pushed Mesopotamia forward in organizing the social, political, and economic life of its residents which reflected its human and civilizational impact on ancient societies around the world The laws in Mesopotamia are still older The laws discovered in history are a source of pride and pride for its people.