The cuneiform term literally translates to "returning to the mother". The earliest recorded usage is found in the legal and social reform decrees of Enmetena, a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, around 2400 BC. Later, during the Third Dynasty of Ur, the term evolved into a legal designation used to officially free slaves, forgive debts, and restore people to their original status.
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The earliest known root of the word comes from ancient Mesopotamia. Written in Sumerian cuneiform as (or Amargi ), it is widely recognized by historians as the first recorded word for "freedom" or "liberty" in human history.
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: In the Ancient Near East, citizens who incurred severe debt were forced to sell themselves or their children into debt slavery. When a reformist monarch assumed the throne, they would periodically issue decrees wiping away these financial obligations.
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