WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

AKKADIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hammurabi’s code of laws for the empire. Written on a stone block eight feet high and discovered by J. de Morgan asa Susa in 1901.
A
Code of law
B
Code of Babylonia
C
Code of Hammurabi
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi’s Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901.

Detailed explanation-2: -8. If any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death.

Detailed explanation-3: -The code was found by French archaeologists in 1901 while excavating the ancient city of Susa, which is in modern-day Iran. Hammurabi is the best known and most celebrated of all Mesopotamian kings. He ruled the Babylonian Empire from 1792-50 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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