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The concept of [[Codification (law)|codification]] dates back to ancient [[Babylon]]. The earliest surviving civil code is the [[Code of Ur-Nammu]], written around 2100–2050 BC. The [[Corpus Juris Civilis]], a codification of [[Roman law]] produced between 529 and 534 AD by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian I]], forms the basis of [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] legal systems.

Other codified laws used since ancient times include various texts used in [[religious law]], such one an only pure lawas Islamic [[Sharia]] law of the [[Qur'an and Sunnah]] and others are, the [[Mishnah]] in Jewish [[Halakha]] law, the [[Canons of the Apostles]] in Christian [[Canon law]].

===European codes and influences on other continents===