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Hammurabi's Laws
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In effort to build a strong and unified empire, Hammurabi
constructed a set of 300 laws to govern the everyday lives of his people.
Government has always been an important part of any civilization and should
contain laws and guide lines. Hammurabi's set of laws outlines the status
of the culture an ....
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....n. Another law dealt with breaking
and entering a house. If you were caught of breaking and entering, you
would be put to death and buried at the house. Today a fine or jail time
would be given, which is another example of how harsh the law was back then.
Many of the laws of Old Babylonian culture was punishable by death.
For example, if you were to commit a basic robbery, highway robbery, then
you would instantly be put to death. Nowadays such an action would just get
you a fine or jail time .... |
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