SSC
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: -The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed c. 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
Detailed explanation-2: -If he break another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken. 198. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.
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