The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to around 1780 BCE.
The Atra Hasis tablets include both a creation myth and a flood account, which is one of three surviving Babylonian deluge stories dating to around 1800 BCE.
The Enûma Eliš is the Babylonian creation mythos recovered in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), dating to around 1800 BCE.
The Eridu Genesis is perhaps the earliest recorded Sumerian creation myth, it is found on a single fragmentary tablet dated to around 1800 BCE and excavated in Nippur.