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==Later Laws and Hammurabi==
[[File:724px-P1050771_Louvre_code_Hammurabi_bas_relief_rwk.jpeg|thumbnail|250px|Figure 2. Law code Figures at the top of stele that includes the Hammurabi written on a steleCode.]]
Already by the early second millennium BC, between 2000-1800 BC, we begin to see law codes in cities such as Isin and Eshnunna in Mesopotamia. Many laws were focused on property issues, regulating trade, prices, equipment, while accidents and fines were also discussed. In many cases of sexual offences, theft, and bodily injury, it seems fines were more commonly used rather than simply harsher punishments.<ref>For more information on Mesopotamia laws, see: Roth, Martha Tobi, Harry A. Hoffner, and Piotr Michalowski. 1997. ''Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. 2. ed. Writings from the Ancient World, vol. 6''. Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press.</ref>
