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"
Babylonia
Babylon
simulana
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lupita garcia
Historians found it to be just.
copys of Hammurabis laws
it was carved in 1772 BC.
lupita garcia
King Hammurabi
Historians found it to be just.