2007-07-14 15:08:57 · 10 answers · asked by Chef Rick S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Ok I'm going to put something out there that Bible lovers may disagree with. The Bible was written LONG after the actual possible "murder of Abel by Cain" IF and thats a big IF this murder actually happened, it may actually be the first murder. However this does not answer the question being asked of when and where the first murder was RECORDED. There are many references to murders taking place long before the Bible was even thought of. There are references to such murders written in the Cuneiform language of Babylon, the Ancient Egyptians (King Tut himself was most likely murdered), the Ancient Greeks, and of course who can forget the murder of Julius Caesar. The Bible RECORDED murders long after these other cultures did. Why do you think the code of hammurabi was created.
2007-07-14 15:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by fr8trane25 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
It is probably best if you take into consideration that the Bible is not the only, or earliest, written record of humanity - and since the Bible does not contain any records of civilizations outside of the Middle East - there is no proof that characters like "Cain" and "Abel" were the first recorded murderers.
See National Geographic's -'Maya Murals May Depict Murder Of Royal Scribes' article - November 26, 2001.
2007-07-14 23:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well do you mean the first RECORDED Murder(Cain slaying Abel) or the first murder that was put in record. I'm not sure at what point they wrote of Cain killing Able and maybe some other murder was entered into record first, although to be honest I don't know what one that would be.
2007-07-14 15:17:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of coures there is Cain and Able.
The first recorded murder in America:
history took place on the Island in the 1670s, when two Indians murdered two Dutchmen.
http://www.burlingtonnj.us/History.html
2007-07-14 15:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
what comes to mind first is Cain & Abel but there were civilizations around before the bible. An eye for an eye (hammurabi's code) for example.
2007-07-14 20:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by JM 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The first murder was in the Bible when Cain slew his brother Abel.
2007-07-14 15:14:40 · answer #6 · answered by CoffyGirl 2 · 10⤊ 3⤋
Cain murdered his brother Abel.
2007-07-14 15:23:33 · answer #7 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
In the bible when Adam and Eves son killed his brother
2007-07-15 08:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
you could either say the bible with cane and that crap, or probably babylon becuase some king had to have been murdered or in eygpt with the same thing.
2007-07-14 15:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by Bohemian 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Well, damn! Wasn't it when Cain slew Abel? 'Course then his god asked him where Abel was, which always confused me because I thought he was 'sposed to know everything.
2007-07-14 15:17:18 · answer #10 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 2⤊ 6⤋