Sumerian legal proceedings were held before an assembly of elders. The assembly was directed by one of them who was generally appointed as judge, although we have no news that it was an office as such. It is believed that a judge in Sumeria had to be an old man who had shown great knowledge of the l
The thing about blue blood is no longer carried. And it is better not to analyze the blood of the monarchies of the Old World because we can find them in all colors. Millennia ago, royalty was kept pure in that offspring had to be of the same blood lineage, with no foreign admixtures. For centuries
The Choctaws , a Native American people located in the southeastern United States in present-day Mississippi Territory, were the first people to experience forced removal, dressed in friendly agreement, to Indian reservations. In 1830, the US Congress passed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek , a pe
The Salic Law , or law of the Salian Franks, is a civil and penal code whose mythical origin goes back to the legendary Frankish king Pharamond. Written between the 6th and 7th centuries, the Salic law has been, except in certain monastic centers, forgotten. A provision of this law, excluding women