... Hammurabi’s Law Code Document Based Question Walking down the street in Babylonia, it was not an uncommon sight to see dead people hanging in the walls of houses. This was one of the many punishments for crime 1754 BCE in Babylon. The laws were written by the king, Hammurabi, who claimed that the laws were given to him by the gods to help protect the weak. “Hammurabi, the protecting king am I…That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans” (Document B) The laws were written...
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...Hammurabi's DBQ Hammurabi's code has been around for a long time, but a question has been doubted many times? So here's my thoughts, Was hammurabi's code fair to EVERYONE? i say Yes, here's why. Well they decided it by your situation, they would take what you took from another person and they also brought those who needed to be brought to justice brought to justice! What's your opinion? But here's mine! First off, it depended on your situation. For an example we could use this law= If the son of paramour or prostitute says to their adoptive father or mother “you aren’t my real father and or mother his tongue shall be cut off. Here it's a situation based law there are also many other laws that are like this also. But let’s talk about this one in specific. It states that if you are the son of paramour or a prostitute, this basically is stating your situation it doesn't say if you're just plain old adopted it means if you are the son of a paramour or a prostitute and then you say that they aren't your real mother or father TO your adoptive mother or father then well you'll get your tongue cut out. But see the situation delima going on here?...
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