The Laws of the Bronze Age: A Story of Abduction, Broken Limbs, and Annoying Children

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I packed 1,500 years worth of legal codes into 45 minutes worth of video. Chapters and notable highlights are listed below with timestamps.
CHAPTER 1: The Mythical Origins of Bronze Age Law 0:17
-The Myth of Inanna and how the Laws Spread
Chapter 2: The Laws of Ur Nammu 4:05
- The River Ordeal 6:55
- Letter From a Man Jailed for Debts 8:24
- Letter Ordering Extradition of Criminals 8:46
Chapter 3: The Laws of Lipit Ishtar 9:25
- The Bronze Age Homeowner's Association 10:45
- Adverse Posession (Legally Stealing Someone's Property - yes you can still do that today) 11:22
- The First Child Support Law (but it only applied to prostitutes) 11:57
Chapter 4: The Laws of Eshnunna 12:56
- The First Negligence Laws 13:55
- Liability for Bad Animals 14:59
- Child Support Extended to Former Spouses (and not just prostitutes) 16:18
- A Pathetic Debt Collection Letter 18:15
Chapter 5: Hammurabi's Code (not Harambe) 19:14
- Letter from the King of Babylon Regarding a Criminal Investigation 21:12
- Angry Letter from Man who Purchased House of a Witch 23:24
- Why are the Laws so Harsh? 24:39
- "An Eye for an Eye" (so misunderstood) 25:35
- Doctors Killing People During Surgery 28:00
- Mandatory Babylonian Haircuts 28:54
- Mitigating Debt Slavery 29:29
- 30:43 Ea Nasir and Nanni - Babylon's Commercial Laws (full video here • Ea Nasir - A Legal Ana... )
- The Duty to Rat Out Evildoers 32:35
- Implied Warranties and Epileptic Slaves 33:15
- Adultery, Divorce, and Incest 34:00
- The Saddest Letter in Ancient History from a Dying Slave Girl 36:00
- Disinheriting Annoying Children 37:54
--Two Letters from Spoiled Bronze Age Brats 38:30
Chapter 6: The Middle Assyrian Law Code (the sex laws) 41:09
Chapter 7: The Laws of the Bronze Age Collapse 44:31

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@RichardGlass33 8 дней назад

I am currently writing a fantasy novel set in the Bronze Age. This is perfect for brainstorming, and I don't understand how you don't have thousands of subscribers.

@LawsOfHistory 8 дней назад

Let me know when it is done! I want to read it. It’s such a niche area of history and law is kind of boring, so I’m not surprised. Plus, with my work schedule I don’t get videos out on a regular basis. Those who are interested will find me somehow!

@RichardGlass33 8 дней назад

@@LawsOfHistory Will do. I appreciate the work you put into the video!

@ocudagledam 6 дней назад

My laptop BSODed right at the mention of Inana's nether regions just after the 2 minute mark! XD I first thought it was a joke within the video itself (the external monitor was still displaying the "normal" picture), and then the poor thing rebooted. The poor dear must have fainted at the thought of the impropriety!

@LawsOfHistory 4 дня назад

I wish I was witty enough to put a blue screen of death in my videos. I hope your computer wasn’t too traumatized!

@garretfox7807 3 дня назад

Just stumbled upon this, great work!!

@LawsOfHistory 2 дня назад

Thanks so much!

@richcole99 8 часов назад

The Algorithm™ brought you to me, and I'm thrilled! This was a lot of fun, which is an adjective few people associate with law (no offense). Love the "ADHD" captions, except you're forcing me to wear my glasses while I'm watching; small cost to get all the jokes, I suppose. Looking forward to seeing what else ya got.

@PaulRenaldo-ur4ln 6 дней назад

Really good work, takes soooo much early history and lays it out straight for ya

@LawsOfHistory 6 дней назад

@@PaulRenaldo-ur4ln that’s the goal!

@mikeakachorlton 4 дня назад

Adverse possession of land is still a thing in the UK. If the land is not being used and the owner is not known and you fence and make clear open use the plot for seven years you can make a claim to the title.

@LawsOfHistory 4 дня назад

Sounds like I’m moving to the UK!

@crispybatman480 6 дней назад

14:51 Texas's defense of property laws take into account whether the theft occurs at night to this very day.

@LawsOfHistory 6 дней назад

@@crispybatman480 well there ya go! I’m in NJ and they killed the distinction a long time ago. Interesting that Texas kept it. What’s the difference? The degree charged?

@crispybatman480 6 дней назад

@@LawsOfHistory No, it is whether or not you can use deadly force to defend personal property. If you defend an unoccupied vehicle from being stolen via brandishing a gun during the day, you are commiting a crime. At night however, you would be privilaged to use deadly force(brandishing counts, as I'm sure you know). I believe TX might be the only state that allows you to defend personal property at all. Other than defending your home or car when occupied, which most states without a duty to retreat allow, but I would argue that context is essentially just self defense since you need another party to be in imminent danger. Edit: So it doesn't exactly fit the way burglary offenses were dependant on the time of day. This is more self defense law. I just thought that it was interesting TX separated the two concepts of burglary, and kept both in some ways.

@LawsOfHistory 6 дней назад

@@crispybatman480 that’s still interesting that the residuals of the “old way” still exist. I don’t think I have to tell you that the concept of defense of property is totally foreign to us northerners LOL!

@crispybatman480 6 дней назад

@@LawsOfHistory As a northerner, you do not, lol. I'm just very interested in use of force law. Mainly because if I am willing to defend myself, I should know how to do so legally.

@crispybatman480 6 дней назад

@@LawsOfHistory Off topic for this thread, but I am really happy to have stumbled across your channel. Analyzing laws throughout history is a very interesting concept that is usually covered by historians who aren't lawyers.

@tm0209 7 дней назад

Awesome video. Looking forward to more.

@LawsOfHistory 6 дней назад

Thanks for watching!

@greatexpectations6577 7 дней назад

Bashing someone with a chunk of copper is a violation of the law. Please, use anything else.

@LawsOfHistory 7 дней назад

Please, do not waste good copper on the faces of the peasants

@nebojsag.5871 7 дней назад

Those letters from spoilt brats who want fancy new clothes are hillarious. What makes them even better is the fact that one of them is clearly coming from people who aren't even rich. "EVEN THE SERVANT'S SON HAS MORE FANCY CLOTHES THAN MEEEEE WHY MOM WHYYYYY😢😢😢!?!?" Spoilt brat.

@LawsOfHistory 7 дней назад

There’s another one that I didn’t include. It was written by a boy who passed by a chariot on the side of the road. The boy begged his father to buy him the chariot, just like a teenager today would beg for a car.

@nebojsag.5871 6 дней назад

@@LawsOfHistory Slave-girls dying in agony begging their masters for mercy while spoilt teenage brats beg mommy and daddy for fancier bling. Sub sole nihil novum.

@bioemilianosky 6 дней назад

Niche historical topic on how the ancient world worked? SIGN ME IN

@LawsOfHistory 4 дня назад

@@bioemilianosky you have been signed in. Please take some mead, a stack of clay tablets, and a she-donkey and proceed to the temple.

@bioemilianosky 3 дня назад

@@LawsOfHistory I've been waiting all my life for this

@jerlee620 7 дней назад

Brilliantly entertaining..do more 👍🏻

@LawsOfHistory 7 дней назад

Thank you! I will!

@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f 5 дней назад

Enki must be the ancient Jewish Nimrod

@LawsOfHistory 4 дня назад

Oh trust me, I’ll get there soon!

@egillskallagrimson5879 3 дня назад

The Wine Sellers probably were prostitutes and priestesses or servants of the Temple like that of Inanna-Ishtar. As prostitutes and priestesses enjoy a level of social and economic independence unheard to other women that lived inside the family unit and thus were subjected to the will of the patriarch or husband who were in charge and had the same obligations to the household women as to their children. But in the case of for example the Temple of Ishtar the priestesses practice "sacred prostitution" which is a way to say regulated prostitution or "unionised prostitution" which was regulated and enjoy certain level of respect or independence though it was inside societal laws and norms that limited said liberties or unusual rights, like in some cases owning property and be legally responsible of their actions. The practice of making wine I believe is related to Dummuzi the god husband of Inanna and had this literal associations to excess, party and inhibition of moral constrains thus seen associated to the cult of Inanna as also patron deity of such things.

@LawsOfHistory 3 дня назад

We need to talk. This is good stuff. I want to do a video on “legalized prostitution” now.

@Name-ot3xw 6 дней назад

Sorry Sharon, rules say that I can't move in with your husband until we get rid of you, seems rough but I didn't make them.

@LawsOfHistory 6 дней назад

*throws wife into Euphrates*

@egillskallagrimson5879 3 дня назад

The miscarriage laws speaks volumes of the social situation of Hammurabi's Babylon and why it inly endure three generations, Hammurabi's grandchildren were the last of his dynasty. These are laws that address a common situation thus when history and social order are studied in depth a common theme can be deduced, whenever you see a lot of abortions in society, either back by law or not the relevant thing is that is happening just bc people is prone to it, it means society is eroding itself and moral decline is widespread. You can find reformist trying to address the problems but pretty much you can find the same in the roman legal historiography by the fifth century and as always in a period of between 70 to 90 years said societies can be seen either collapsing or heading to some sort of violent period of instability.