CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Slaves choose to work elsewhere (different places)
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keep their wages (money earned from a job)
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own property
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buy their freedom if they saved enough money.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is state law-self-help, blood-feud, and marriage by capture, are all absent; though code of family solidarity, district responsibility, ordeal, and the lex talionis (an eye for an eye), are primitive features that remain.
Detailed explanation-2: -These classes were: The King and Nobility, The Priests and Priestesses, The Upper Class, the Lower Class, and The Slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -The codes regulated trade, business, and social relationships in Babylon. It also teaches us about Mesopotamina society such as their class divisions and political economic factors. Hammurabi’s code was a very modern concept for this time and has influenced all the populations since then.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest deciphered writings of length in the world (written c. 1754 BCE), and features a code of law from ancient Babylon in Mesopotamia. The Code consisted of 282 laws, with punishments that varied based on social status (slaves, free men, and property owners).