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Economic Thought In Ancient Mesopotamia

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  • Djuro Benic

    (University of Dubrovnik)

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The paper explores and analyses the economic thought in ancient Mespotamia, more precisely in Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria. Although there was no systematic economic thought in Mesopotamia, some economic ideas and thoughts can be found under certain provisions in the Code referring to economy, as well as in the legal arrangements of relations between participants in economy. Economic ideas and thoughts from the provisions of Ur-Nammo's Code, the Law of the Aquinas (Bilalam's Code), the Hamurabi Code, as well as the Assyrian Laws from the Tiglat-Pileser I are explored.

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  • Djuro Benic, 2017. "Economic Thought In Ancient Mesopotamia," Economic Thought and Practice, Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, vol. 26(1), pages 3-24, june.
    • Handle: RePEc:avo:emipdu:v:26:y:2017:i:1:p:3-24
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    Keywords

    economic thought; Mesopotamia; Sumer; Babylonia; Assyria; Code;
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    JEL classification:

    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • B11 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Preclassical (Ancient, Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocratic)

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