Name a historical civilization that no longer exists and some sort of law it had that was innovative for the time.
Rome
>>324120
Cool.
Golden Liberty in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first modern example of democracy.
>>324349
>first modern example of democracy
I want Poland to burn for that alone
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Justinian's codeeeee
rome in general
greeecee in general]
>>324352
PLC had a lot of "firsts" if you read more about it. Quite sure it was the most forward thinking and progressive region in the world during its existence even though it wasn't all marvelous.
>ashoka edicts
Animal rights
Universal hospitals for animal/people
Universities (large scale students and teachers living in dorms studying purely for wisdom (TakshaShila))
>>324048
Byzantium
Women are acctually people and not property
Does inventing law count as innovative?
>>324048
>Chinese Empire (Pre-Qing)
If you live in the rural countryside, you're required to own a weapon.
Also, still exists but
>Philippines
If you caught your wife/husband in bed with another man/woman, you have a grace period of 15 minutes to kill them. Otherwise its premeditated murder.
Freedom, democracy, gun rights, liberty, free market.
Best country in the world (popularily known as the United States of America).
>>324588
Dubs confirm: The United States of America are an unstopable power
>>324588
>freedom
Freedom is an universal value common to all civilizations except a few tyranical ones prior to the US existing
>democracy
Greece, Poland, the UK and even Rome had their own kind of democracy too
>liberty
just a buzzword for freedom
>freemarket
Europe and its merchants, China, India, arabs, basically any thing that trades
>>324588
nice b8
>>324588
fuck off amerifag
>>324588
top banter
>>324588
breading for epic toast
What's the english definition of civilization? Everyone is posting civilizations that still exist or countries that belong to civilizations that still exist.
>>324588
first /his/ pasta?
>>324588
replying
>>324588
responding
>>324048
Mongol empire. If you're an enemy but useful we won't kill you, and if you are really good we will promote you.
One of Genghis khans greatest generals, jebei, literally shot him in the neck. The khan was so impressed when jebei admitted to it that he let jebei lead a unit until he became the commander of tens of thousands.
>>324744
>Mongol empire. If you're an enemy but useful we won't kill you, and if you are really good we will promote you.
A lot of people did that and it wasnt really a law.
Prussia. Canton system of conscription, child labor laws, ethics can surpass the law code if deemed necessary as in the case of https://books.google.com/books?id=eEOLV_TtNfQC&pg=PT305&lpg=PT305&dq=miller+arnold+affair&source=bl&ots=eiRaKQnm6V&sig=_AiwfaY0svC6FfLzJzhmrdkubJ8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix3LHxoLbJAhWG1R4KHbXcBM4Q6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=miller%20arnold%20affair&f=false
>>324588
>dubs
>not last 4 digits being 1776
you freedom hating commie bastard
>>324588
>civilization that no longer exists
I agree with you ,america is a shithole that no longer represents those values
>>324048
Obligatory largest land empire reporting in.
Innovative law: adopting the customs and practices of the conquered.
tfw Mughal Empire is run by Muslim Mongols on the Indian sub-continent.
>>324588
ebin reply
>Ancient china
Civil service based on merit and education. This directly influenced government officials in the western hemisphere leading to direct reforms in the political management sphere. Also examinations were used to filter out such candidates, which is also a chinese thing.
Inca Empire, unemployment subsidies, paid sick leave and state pensions. Either in the form of money or food.
Pre-Ming China
>snitching on your own family will land you in jail no matter what crime your family had committed. Family unity is more important.
>if two or more people commit a murder only one has to be sentenced to death (one life for one life). If Person A is chosen to be executed but Person B dies for some reason then Person A will not be executed since one life has been given.
>>324545
First written law
>>324588
You could at least have used a picture of the fucking moon landing, nigga.
>>324977
wasn't this just confucianism in general?
>>327239
I'd say so. Confucian ethics are pretty much work hard, live diligently, respect elders/family.
>>324048
Gonna be obvious here- Roman Empire.
Innovative laws they had? Not even gonna bother posting them.
Western Civilization
Habeas Corpus
