A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects such as buildings and non-building structures.Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council.The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the ...

The preface directly credits the laws to king Ur-Nammu of Ur (2112–2095 BCE). The author who had the laws written onto cuneiform tablets is still somewhat under dispute. Some scholars have attributed it to Ur-Nammu's son Shulgi.. Although it is known that earlier law-codes existed, such as the Code of Urukagina, this represents the earliest extant legal text.

A stele (/ ˈ s t iː l i / STEE-lee), or occasionally stela (plural stelas or stelæ), when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted.. Stelae were created for many reasons.

Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon | Musée du Louvre; Bản dịch tiếng Anh của Đại học Evansville Lưu trữ 2008-05-09 tại Wayback Machine; Bản dịch tiếng Anh của bộ luật Hammurabi Lưu trữ 2011-05-14 tại Wayback Machine

Stele del codice di Hammurabi al Louvre. Il Codice di Hammurabi è una fra le più antiche raccolte di leggi scritte, risalente al XVIII secolo a.C. e appartenente alla civiltà babilonese.Il testo è anche considerato una delle opere letterarie più importanti e conosciute dell'antica Mesopotamia e un'importante fonte riguardante i sistemi legali dell'antichità.

Bright, however, believes that like the Decalogue this text has its origins in the time of the tribal alliance. The book of the covenant, he notes, bears a greater similarity to Mesopotamian law codes (e.g. the Code of Hammurabi which was inscribed on a stone stele). He argues that the function of this "book" is to move from the realm of treaty ...

The Neolithic Revolution, or the (First) Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible. These settled communities permitted humans to observe and experiment with plants, learning how they grew …

Las primeras décadas del reinado de Hammurabi fueron bastante pacíficas, y utilizó su poder para llevar a cabo una serie de obras públicas, incluida la mejora de las murallas de la ciudad para propósitos defensivos y la ampliación de los templos. [20] Hacia el 1801 a. C. el poderoso reino de Elam, que dominaba importantes rutas comerciales a lo largo de los montes Zagros, …

Alimony, also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce.The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country.

Social insurance is a form of social welfare that provides insurance against economic risks. The insurance may be provided publicly or through the subsidizing of private insurance. In contrast to other forms of social assistance, individuals' claims are partly dependent on their contributions, which can be considered insurance premiums to create a common fund out of which the …

A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.. The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its prominence and status with the advent of the printing press.The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as …

Als Codex Hammurapi (auch in den Schreibweisen Kodex bzw.Hammurabi und Ḫammurapi) bezeichnet man eine babylonische Sammlung von Rechtssprüchen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Sie gilt zugleich als eines der wichtigsten und bekanntesten literarischen Werke des antiken Mesopotamiens und als bedeutende Quelle keilschriftlich überlieferter Rechtsordnungen …

A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, abduction or other similar act is exonerated if he marries his female victim, or in some jurisdictions at least offers to marry her.The "marry-your-rapist" law is a legal way for the accused to avoid …

The Code of Rajah Kalantiaw was a supposed legal code in the epic history Maragtas that is said to have been written in 1433 by Datu Kalantiaw, ... Code of Hammurabi; Sa Aking Mga Kabata; Notes References. Agoncillo, Teodoro C. (1990) [first published 1960]. History of the Filipino People (8th ed.). Quezon City: Garotech Publishing. ...