by various authors over the years. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] Similar codes of law were created in several nearby civilizations, including the earlier Mesopotamian examples of Ur-Nammu's code , Laws of Eshnunna , and Code of Lipit-Ishtar , and the later Hittite code of laws . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM When