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Questions on what early written law codes said and what they reveal about society.
#world_history
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Hammurabi's code made a builder answer for a badly built house. If the house collapsed and killed the owner, what did the code require?
In another house-collapse case, the falling house killed the owner's son. What penalty did Hammurabi's code set?
A surgeon in Hammurabi's code used an operating knife on a free man and caused death or destroyed an eye. What happened to the surgeon?
A household hid a runaway slave and did not produce that person after the public announcement. What punishment did Hammurabi's code set for the householder?
If a neglected dam broke and flooded neighboring fields, what did Hammurabi's code say about the negligent owner?
A judge wrote a decision, but later error appeared through the judge's own fault. What did Hammurabi's code require?
The code punished putting out a noble's eye with the offender's eye, but injury to a freed man or slave brought payment. What social fact does that show?
Physicians received different fees for treating a free man, a freed man, or a slave. What does that reveal about Babylonian society?
A debtor could give himself, his wife, son, or daughter into labor, but the code set release in the fourth year. What does this reveal?
Some divorce laws let a wife recover her dowry or receive property support for raising children. What do these rules show?
Several laws punished hiding runaway slaves and rewarded returning them. What does that reveal about slavery in Hammurabi's Babylon?
Several laws answer an injury with the same injury inflicted on the offender. What legal principle is this?
When a serious accusation could not be proven directly, the accused might have to leap into the river and let the result decide the case. What principle was at work?
The code often required witnesses or a written contract for buying, storing, or claiming property. What legal principle does that show?
Builder and physician laws punished professionals when their work caused serious harm. Which principle is closest to that idea?
Which statement correctly compares Hammurabi's code with the earlier Code of Ur-Nammu on eye and tooth injuries?
A Hittite injury law required care, replacement labor, a doctor's fee, and silver payment. How does that differ from Hammurabi's equal-rank eye injury rule?
Which comparison of Ur-Nammu's prologue and Hammurabi's epilogue is accurate?
Why did carving Hammurabi's laws on a public stone monument matter?
The stele showed Hammurabi before Shamash, a god linked with justice. What public message did that monument send?
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