Hammurabi's code limited the punishments for crimes to the effects of the crime on the victims, prior to it many minor crimes were often punished by death by what amounted to "vigilantes".
It was to make sure a equal and fair action was put upon then "bad guy"
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Babylon
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Historians found it to be just.
lupita garcia
copys of Hammurabis laws
As a matter of fact, it was.
King Hammurabi
Historians found it to be just.
certain writing ;)