CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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What did Hammurabi hope to accomplish with his code?
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There were no more slaves.
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Nobility would become richer.
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The law would protect and punish the guilty.
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Middle Class would select their own leaders.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The code of Hammurabi sought to organise people’s responsibility to each other. The king of Babylonian complied 282 laws that categorises 3 important concepts for organisation – 1) Accountability 2) Incentives and 3) Reciprocity.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the prologue, Hammurabi claims to have been granted his rule by the gods “to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak".
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 3, 800 years after he took power, the ancient Babylonian king Hammurabi is best remembered for the Code of Hammurabi which was inscribed on human-sized stone pillars that he placed in the towns of his realm.
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