Law and the Ruler

Events in this puzzle

1754 BC

Code of Hammurabi

A Babylonian king carved one of the earliest legal codes in stone.

49 BC

Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

A general crossed a river and forced Rome into civil war.

1215 AD

Magna Carta Sealed

English barons forced limits onto royal power.

1513 AD

The Prince Written

Machiavelli described power without much sentiment.

1945 AD

United Nations Charter

A new institution tried to organize peace after world war.

Correct timeline

1. Code of Hammurabi

   Mesopotamia / Law & Power
   1754 BCSource
2. Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

   Europe / Power & Republics
   49 BCSource
3. Magna Carta Sealed

   Europe / Law & Power
   1215 ADSource
4. The Prince Written

   Europe / Culture & Ideas
   1513 ADSource
5. United Nations Charter

   Global / Law & Power
   1945 ADSource