First parliament

According to Official Guinness Records,

The earliest known legislative assembly or ukkim was a bicameral one in Erech, Iraq c.2800BC. The oldest recorded legislative body is the Icelandic "Althing" founded in AD 930.
The earliest known use of the term `parliament' is in an official royal document, in the meaning of a summons to the King's (Henry III's) Council, dating from December 19, 1241.

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