See Also: Wallis Islands(encyclopedia)
Wallis and Futuna Islands(tourism)
Wallis and Futuna Islands map(tourism)
Wallis and Futuna Islands(encyclopedia)
Wallis and Futuna Islands travel(tourism)
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Wallis and Futuna Islands travel guide(tourism)
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cuneiform law(encyclopedia)

cuneiform law (sh) and Wallis Islands (sh)


cuneiform law (sh)




Body of laws revealed by documents written in cuneiform script (see cuneiform Writing).

It includes the laws of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Elamites, Hurrians, Kassites, and Hittites. Unlike modern legal codes, these ancient codes do not systematically treat all the rules applicable to a given area of law; rather, they treat a variety of matters but often ignore many highly important rules simply because such rules were so grounded in custom that they went unquestioned. The most important of the ancient codes is the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi.


Wallis Islands (sh)




Island group (pop., 1996: 9,528), forming the northeastern part of the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna, South Pacific Ocean.

It comprises the main island of Uvea and eight islets, all enclosed in one coral reef, and it has an area of 23 sq mi (60 sq km). Visited in 1767 by the British navigator Capt. Samuel Wallis, the islands were occupied by the French in 1842. They became a French protectorate in 1887 and part of the overseas territory in 1959.