2009

Due to over-exploitation and illegal collecting, a limit of three persons per household is imposed on cordyceps harvesting

About 3000 BCE

ȑȑcockfighting begins in Iran and spreads to Asia and the Middle East

ȑȑsumerian king UrNammu writes the first legal code

18th century BCE

ȑȑking Hammurabi of Babylon issues the Code of Hammurabi

14th century BCE

ȑȑthe Hittites of Hattusa write similar sets of laws to the Babylonians

10th century BCE

ȑȑthe Mesopotamian empire falls into decline