What was the main idea of the Code of Hammurabi?

Answer 1

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments. It was used to organize the land Hammurabi ruled.

Answer 2

It was based on "an eye for an eye". Although, the punishment is different for different classes of offenders and victims. Each part describes in detail a crime or Incident, and the punishment/ procedure for it. The code contained 282 written laws in 12 tablets. Here is an example of a code: "If any one place his property with another for safe keeping, and there, either through thieves or robbers, his property and the property of the other man be lost, the owner of the house, through whose neglect the loss took place, shall compensate the owner for all that was given to him in charge. But the owner of the house shall try to follow up and recover his property, and take it away from the thief."

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Answer 3

The Code's importance as a reflection of Babylonian society is indisputable. Hammurabi's laws were established to be the "laws of Justice" intended to clarify the rights of any "oppressed man." Mesopotamia society under the Hammurabi code was one of strict penalties for criminal offenses with punishment severe and varied according to the wealth of the individual. Hammurabi's rigidly centralized ruling system prospered from tribute and taxes, which he used to both compensate state dependents and finance extensive state irrigation and building projects. The code also gives us a clear sense of the ways ancient Babylonians invested divine authority in their secular leaders.

Answer 4

A set of laws written in ancient Babylon in about 1750 BCE

Answer 5

The Code of Hammurabi consisted of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

Answer 6

The guiding principle is that if you do something wrong you have punishment

Answer 7

code of hammurabi

Answer 8

An eye for an eye.

Answer 9

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