2.2 Hammurabi's Code
Read the excerpts from Hammurabi's Code and answer the following questions.
Question 1
What did ancient Babylonians believe would happen to a person falsely accused of a crime who jumped into a river?
Question 2
What did ancient Babylonians believe would happen to a person who actually committed a crime who jumped into a river?
Question 3
How did the laws of Hammurabi reinforce the social hierarchy?
Question 4
Compare one of Hammurabi’s laws with a law we have today. What are similarities?
Question 5
What are the differences between them?
Question 6
Do you think these laws made Hammurabi’s job as king harder or easier? Why?
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