GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The Code of Hammurabi is know for ____ (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
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Being the first known law code.
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Its simple, straightforward laws.
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It’s harsh eye for an eye punishments.
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It’s use of courts in legal issues.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hammurabi’s code expressed the idea that social order was more important than individual rights. For example, a family’s wealth should be administered by the husband/father. Women, especially widows and divorcees, needed society’s help and the codes sought to provide protection for them.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was a compilation of old laws based on retributive principles. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth form of justice is used in the Hammurabi Code.
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