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Hammurabi's laws — Homework
Answer in complete sentences.
- 1.About what year was Hammurabi's code carved, and roughly how many laws did it contain?
- 2.What is the "eye for an eye" principle called?
- 3.Why did Hammurabi publish his code publicly instead of leaving justice to individual judges?
- 4.What does it reveal about Babylonian society that punishments differed by social class?
- 5.Write a paragraph analyzing what Hammurabi's code tells historians about Babylonian society, using at least one specific law as evidence.
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