Hammurabi Dbq

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Question 1: Why does Hammurabi claim to have received these laws from Shamush? How do you think that effected how people living under the laws viewed them?

Answer 1: Hammurabi appeared to use his set of rules to obtain political favor. People want just leaders so a set of standard rules boosted it standings. By claiming to receive the laws straight from deity he established himself as someone of high importance and authority. The people would respect him as a direct messenger from Shamush. If the people believed in Shamush and his power they would be pressed to follow a set of laws that were calmed to come straight from him.

Question 2: How are slaves protected by Hammurabi's law code? Are they strictly property in this society?

Answer 2: Slaves were seen in varying lights depending on the subject of thee …show more content…
There were however several rules that empowered the wife with certain and limited rights. Rape was illegal and punished, a women could not be sentenced to death for prostitution without significant proof, she could remarry if her husband went away to war and died , was taken captive, or for any reason ran away. If her husband wants a divorce from her because she cannot bare children, he must return to her the amount of purchase money and dowry which she was bought from her father's house. A wife could also divorce her husband and if she had good reason for the divorce she could claim her dowry. One rule that protected wives from abandonment is found on line 148 and states “If a man take a wife, and she be seized by disease, if he then desire to take a second wife he shall not put away his wife, who has been attacked by disease, but he shall keep her in the house which he has built and support her so long as she lives.” Wife's were allowed to own and leave at will their property and belongings. A wife could not be arrested on account of a debt her husband had taken on before their

Hammurabi DBQ

of eternal justice.” Hammurabi lived 38 centuries ago and ruled for 42 years. Hammurabi’s Code is a list of 282 laws issued by Hammurabi to the people of Babylonia. Hammurabi had three parts to his code: the Prologue, the 282 laws, and the Epilogue; Hammurabi wrote these things on a stele. Hammurabi was not just because of its property laws and its personal injury laws. Hammurabi's Code was not just because of its property laws. According to the Babylonian leader Hammurabi, on Law 48, “If a man…

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Dbq Hammurabi

father also may half to feed the child and wash him, etc. If the father does cut his son’s hands off then the son couldn’t defend himself if there house has been broken into. All of this stuff is located on page 17, laws 148, 168, and 195 in the Hammurabi packet.…

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Hammurabi Dbq

A man named Hammurabi ruled Babylon for 42 years beginning his reign in 1792 BCE. In the last 12 years he took over Mari in the north and Larsa in the south and he became the king of Babylonia. 1,000,000 people were estimated to have been living there. In the 38th year of his reign he made 282 laws in which I am going to be determining whether they were just or unjust. My personal opinion is that the laws are unjust, I will further support my claim. To start off I will be discussing Family Law.…

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Hammurabi Dbq

The code of Hammurabi also demanded that a punishment fit a crime, as the popular saying states, “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” (P.19), however, that was only applicable among equals. Those of higher-ranking, who hurt a commoner or slave would just pay…

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Hammurabi Dbq Essay

Did you know Hammurabi’s lived in Mesopotamia about 4,000 year ago, also she was a king in Babylon. Hammurabi’s Code has been just because protected the family, protected personal property, and against injury. To begin, Hammurabi’s Code protected the family. For example, in Document in Law 168 said the judge will investigate the past of the child, and the father will not disinherit his son. Also in Law 148 said she will live in the house, they have built together, and will keep her as she lives…

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Another way Hammurabi has accidentally proved his laws unjust is in his property laws. Law 21 states that if a man is caught breaking into a house he will be hung in the hole he made or pierced until he dies (Doc D). This punishment seems too harsh to be carried out. The man could have broken into the house for reasons unknown to us. The people on the opposing side of this argument will tell you the laws were kept in the middle of the city, the man knew what the punishment was but we have to…

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Hammurabi's Code Temi Aminu Hammurabi's Code was written by King Hammurabi, with 282 laws written to tell us the life in Babylon and Mesopotamia and to define all the aspects of life in the Babylonian Empire. The laws were applied to everyone, the laws and punishments differed per social classes and the punishments for disobeying a law were very harsh. These punishments ranged from death, to cutting off a tongue, to paying others with money or crops. In my essay, I will be talking about how…

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Hammurabi's code was just, the reason why it is just since hammurabi himself tells the reason saying “solving justice for everyday problems to protect the weak from the strong ”. He is showing justice here by telling people that the great and powerful to not over encumber the weak in the ranking system (document B). In Document C Law 148 shows” that if a woman had a caught of an disease the man can marry another wife if wanted but must take of wife”. In document C “if an son hits his father his…

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another man’s you will pay the crime. Hammurabi keeps his law fair to the society by sentencing the accused, the man, to have his eye knocked out as a fair punishment. So if you are injured, you know the person who injures you will be given a punishment. This can give the society a sense of security and revenge. Another piece of Evidence is, in the document it states,” Hammurabi, the protecting king am I….That the strong might not injure the weak.” (Doc B). Hammurabi is stating that he…

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Code Of Hammurabi Dbq

1. Although the Code of Hammurabi was not the first set of laws, it was a very effective code of law that unified people together according to acceptable behavior. Despite its intention of being a code of law to allow justice, the Code of Hammurabi affected people differently depending on their social class. At the time, the norm for dealing with slaves meant returning runaway slaves back to their masters. The Code of Hammurabi supported this norm, because the code of law did not favor slaves or…

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