Kansas City School of Law - Pandex Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Egypt was Harmhab, who promulgated the Egyptian code in 40 rolls, about 1100 B. C, Probably Moses was influenced in the formation of his code by his education in Egypt. Sargon Il, about 722 B. C., was the chief proinulgator of the Code of Assur, in Assyria. A comparison shows that all of these codes are similarg this was caused by the conquests ofthe Ancients. About 300 B. C., the Greek law was greatly developed by the skill of Deinosthenes, the Advocate. His legislative drafts' manship was the first to contain a high degree technical and legal phraseology.