orical eline nt History . - 500 A.D.) Middle Ages (501 - 1500) Modern Era (1501 - 1800) 19th Century (1801 - 1900) Pre-World War (1901 - 1914) World Wars (1915 - 1945) Cold War (1946 - 1991) Prese (1992 - TES/EVENTS ANCIENT HISTORY (2400 B.C. - 500 A.D.) Sumerian Records • Hammurabi's Code • The Code of Assura • Legal Brothels in China • Legal Brothels in A Greece • Hetairai in Ancient Greece • Roman Regulations • Codex Theodosianus 2400 B.C. rian Records "The Sumerian word for female prostitute, kar.kid, occurs in the earliest lists of professions dating back to ca. 2400 B.C. Since it appears right after nam.lukur... o assume its connection with temple service. It is of interest that the term kur-garru male prostitute or transvestite entertainer, appears on the same list but together w entertainers. This linkage results from a practice connected with the cult of Ishtar which transvestites performed acts using knives. On the same list we find the follow female occupations: lady doctor, scribe, barber, cook. Obviously, prostitution, whil is a very old profession, is not the oldest." Gerda Lerner "The Origin of Prostitution in Ancient Mesopotamia," Signs, Winter 1986 1780 B.C. urabi's Code Six of Hammurabi's 282 codes [ (PDF) 38KB] specifically mentioned the rights of a prostitute or child of a prostitute. [Codes 178-80, 187, 192, 193] L.W. King The Code of Hammurabi (1910) 1075 B.C. ode of Assura Assyrian law distinguished prostitutes from other women by dress in the Code of Assu "If the wives of a man, or the daughters of a man go out into the street, their head to be veiled. The prostitute is not to be veiled. Maidservants are not to veil thems Veiled harlots and maidservants shall have their garments seized and 50 blows inflic them and bitumen [asphalt or tar like substance] poured on their heads." Internet Ancient History Sourcebook "The Code of the Assura," 1998 00's B.C. rothels in China "According to Chinese tradition, commercial brothels were started in the seventh cen B.C. by the stateman-philosopher Kuang Chung [b.710-d.645] as a means for increasing state's income. Though there is some doubt as to whether Kuang Chung actually establ the principle of licensing prostitutes, prostitution very early was set apart in spe areas of the town." Vern Bullough Bonnie Bullough Prostitution: An Illustrated Social History (1978) 594 B.C. l Brothels in ient Greece "The celebrated Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon founded state brothels and ta prostitutes on their earnings in the 5th century BC.... The cost of sex was one obol sixth of a drachma and the equivalent of an ordinary worker's day salary." Paul Vallely "A Brief History of Brothels," The London Independent, Jan. 21, 2006
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