It was the Ottoman
from my perspective I think that the reason that Suleiman's legal code helped sultans rule the ottoman empire because they made a code that would effectively govern the vast and expanding empire
it organized the legal materials that were used within the empire.
Justinian Code
The Codex Justinian, which was the body of civil law.
Yes. Suleiman I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was called al-Qanuni, meaning Law-Giver, by his subjects explicitly because he established a complex and detailed legal code for the Ottoman Empire. The primary basis for most laws in the code was Shari'a or the Islamic Legal Tradition, but there were some laws based on Roman or Byzantine edicts.
from my perspective I think that the reason that Suleiman's legal code helped sultans rule the ottoman empire because they made a code that would effectively govern the vast and expanding empire
it organized the legal materials that were used within the empire.
it organized the legal materials that were used within the empire.
Suleyman I aka Suleyman the Magnificent
The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the middle Ages. The laws that influenced the modern legal codes dates further back to the Babylonian empire and that is the Hammurabi code of law.
Justinian Code
The Codex Justinian, which was the body of civil law.
Yes. Suleiman I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was called al-Qanuni, meaning Law-Giver, by his subjects explicitly because he established a complex and detailed legal code for the Ottoman Empire. The primary basis for most laws in the code was Shari'a or the Islamic Legal Tradition, but there were some laws based on Roman or Byzantine edicts.
I think it was Hammurabi. I'm not completely sure though.
Hammurabi, in the Mesopotamian civilizations wrote a legal code that covered daily life.
Hammurabi, 1792 - 1750 B.C. first ruler of the Babylonian empire, was responsible for the first written code of laws, known as "The Code of Hammurabi".
the Hammurabi code is one of the earliest recorded laws, wrote by the Babylonian Empire