HISTORY
THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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criminal and civil law
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where people could settle
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the treatment of animals
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what clothing was appropriate to wear within the city
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hammurabi’s Code serves the earliest example of laws of retribution and sometimes known as “an eye for an eye.” The Code includes many harsh punishments, as demanding the removal of the guilty person’s tongue, hands, eye or ear. This is also an earliest example of “an accused is innocent until proven guilty”.
Detailed explanation-3: -The oldest written set of laws known to us is the Code of Hammurabi. He was the king of Babylon between 1792 BC and 1758 BC. Hammurabi is said to have been handed these laws by Shamash, the God of Justice. The laws were carved on huge stone slabs and placed all over the city so that people would know about them.