Term
What are some actions (give me 2) that result in a person being put to death in regards to Hammurabi’s Laws? |
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Definition
1. if they accuse someone of murder and have no proof
2. if they murder a commoner |
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| Why is grain a big deal with such a great punnishment if destroyed? |
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Definition
| because it contained the jobs (money) and food (life) for many people |
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Term
| How could a wife humiliate her husband? |
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Definition
by not doing the work around the house
or divorcing him |
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Term
| What do the laws say about a person who destroyed the eye or bone of another person? |
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Definition
| Eye for and eye & bone for a bone; you poke an eye out, you get your eye poked out, you break someone’s bone, you get your bone broken |
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Term
| Why was the punishment for hitting a woman (causing her to miscarriage a baby) so severe financially? |
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Definition
| B/c you were killing family & something that would do work and earn money |
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