WORLD CIVILIZATION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hammurabi’s Code is ____
A
a set of laws/rules
B
a list of inventions
C
an art piece
D
a person
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: -He got prepared the world’s first Code of Laws. He also got it engraved on a very big stone shaft in the form of 282 articles. These laws were connected with trade, exchange of money, payment of taxes, theft, murder etc. Most of the laws were based on the principal of “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".

Detailed explanation-3: -"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” This phrase, along with the idea of written laws, goes back to ancient Mesopotamian culture that prospered long before the Bible was written or the civilizations of the Greeks or Romans flowered.

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