CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
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What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
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He had them carved on stele and placed in front of the temple
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He put the code in front of the peoples houses
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He placed them at the entrance of Babylon
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He tattooed them on people to remind them
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Stele of Hammurabi was placed in public locations throughout the kingdom and was written in the native language of the people of Babylon. This ensured that anyone who was literate could read the code of Hammurabi and see how the laws applied to their lives.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although Hammurabi’s Code was the first Mesopotamian law collection to be discovered, it was not the first written; several earlier collections survive. These collections were written in Sumerian and Akkadian.
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