...Hammurabi’s code was it just or unjust? Hammurabi’s code was a set of 282 laws that were written by the king of Babylon Hammurabi in 1792 BCE. He said that he was told to write and enforce those laws by the god Shamash. Hammurabi was the only person who could change the laws. There are three areas of law where Hammurabi’s Code can be shown to be unjust. These are family laws property laws, and personal injury laws. Examples of injustice can first be found in the area of family law. First, law number 129 states that if a woman is caught cheating that she and the person whom she cheated with will be tied up and drowned. Second, law number 195 states that id a son hits his father that the consequence to his actions is that he will have his hands cut off. These examples show tat Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because the laws that Hammurabi created for families were too harsh. Hitting your father should not result in your hands being cut off, although it does deserve a punishment the one in place was too strict. Also cheating on you significant other does not need to be punished by death....
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...A king named Hammurabi made 282 laws 4,000 years ago. Those laws were called Hammurabi’s Code. They were made to protect the weak. But did they really? In my opinion, Hammurabi’s Code wasn’t just. First of all, Hammurabi’s Code hurt family members. For example, in Document C, Law 129, a lady has to be thrown in a lake for cheating on her unharmed husband. Also, in Law 195, he threatened to cut a child’s hand off. He may have struck his father, but cutting a someone’s hand off is way too much. Based on what I read, Hammurabi would throw someone into water. This shows that Hammurabi isn’t afraid to hurt anyone, even children. As you can see, Hammurabi would harm family members no matter who it is. Additionally, Hammurabi’s Code didn’t make sense...
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...Did you know Hammurabi ruled about 42 year’s ?, Hammurabi was a great ruler and wrote 282 law’s carved on a large stone but some of Hammurabi’s Laws are just not. Hammurabi’s code therathed the family. For examples, in Document C Law 148 if a man wife is weak the man shall marry another women and take care his weak wife. Also in law 129 if a wife is caught cheating with another man they both get throwend in the water bindfloed and tied up This show’s how Hammarbi’s Laws never help the family. Based on what i learned about Hammurabi’s Laws i think this laws are sad because why do they have to drown the women and the men can’t they just give them a differnt punisment also why do they have to marry another women and let the other die can’t...
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...landowners, free people, and slaves. He had 282 laws and he was not open to changing even though some of them were not fair. Hammurabi was alive in the 18th century B.C., this is when he established his code. He ruled Babylonia for 40 years. Was Hammurabi’s laws fair? Hammurabi's laws were unfair because he manipulated his people, he wasn’t open to any change in his laws, and lastly he treated his people unjustly. Hammurabi manipulated his people into think that his laws came directly from Shamash. For example Doc A says, Shamash is a god. Hammurabi says that Shamash advised him in a meeting with the laws. But there is no evidence to prove this meeting really happened. So he could’ve lied to his people by convincing him the god Shamash told him these laws so that his people would follow these rules. From Doc B, it quotes Hammurabi taking props of the rules that he said the god Shamash came up with. Which this shows that he lied to his people. He lied because before he said it was the god's rules...
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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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...Hammurabi’s code was not just because it was not fair to everyone in a criminal situation. Everybody knew there were consequences for their actions. If a person is about to die, and the doctor is trying to help, but the person still dies - the doctor is punished by having his hands cut off. Law 196 says, “If a man has knocked an eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out”. Then Law 199 says, “If he has knocked out the eye of a slave, then he shall pay half his value”. This is not far to the slave because he is a man just like the “free” man. Also Law 48, talks about how if a creditor gives a man money for his crops, but a flood prevents the crops from growing, the creditor does not get his money back. The code was supposed to protect....
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...Devon L. Humphreys Coach Smith Ancient World History 25 September 2017 Hammurabi’s Code: Was it Just? If two people were in a car accident and one survives, should the other person be hung. Nearly 4,000 years ago a man named Hammurabi. He took control eventually of over 1,000,000. After his victories in Larsa and Mari he had 282 laws carved on a large pillar like stone called a steele . I believe that Hammurabi’s laws were not fair. I will prove so by the following paragraphs by using a couple of Hammurabi’s laws. Hammurabi’s laws were not fair to the ancient Babylonians. “Some students of babylonia have found the laws overly harsh”.Many people have to suffer these cruel consequences. Hammurabi’s laws were by the command of what could not even...
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...Many people believe that Cyrus is the most important ruler in Mesopotamian history, but I believe that Hammurabi was the greatest ruler. His code of law, want for justice and easy-going style of being an empire, he was the greatest emperor of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi ruled from 1792 BC- 1750 BC. The Akkadians first conquered Sumer. Babylon was located near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and the Persian Gulf. The Akkadians formed “empire mania”. The Babylonians grew grain, which they traded for gold. They believed that all rulers, including Hammurabi, were sent by the gods. The city-states were like our states today, a few of them included Ur, Uruk and Nineveh. Starting with Hammurabi's code of law. There were 282 laws in this code. He...
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...Code of Hammurabi Western Civilization and the World I 100 Professor Preface This paper will examine the Code of Hammurabi and how it affected the people of Babylon before, during and after its creation. The nature of the topic is to have a better understanding of how the Code of Hammurabi changed society, hindered women’s rights and independence and left a lasting impression for future generations. Chronology 1810 BC Hammurabi was born to the then-king of Babylon Sin-muballit. 1792 BC Hammurabi, king of Babylon, started his rule. 1787 BC King Hammurabi captured Uruk and Isin. 1784 BC King Hammurabi campaigned against Rapigum and Malgium. 1772 BC Code of Hammurabi was created. 1763 BC With the aid of Mari and Eshnunna King Hammurabi conquered Larsa, putting an end to the long reign of Rim-Sin I. 1755 BC Captured Eshnunna which was the last of his Mesopotamian rivals. 1750 BC King Hammurabi died and passed the reigns of the empire to his son, Samsu-iluna. 1738 BC Under Samsu-iluna’s rule his empire fell to the Sealand Dynasty. 1595 BC Babylonian empire restored to glory of the Hammurabi’s age. 1901 Code of Hammurabi monument is discovered by French archaeologists. 1910 The Code of Hammurabi was translated by Leonard William King. During the rule of King Hammurabi he wrote the Code of Hammurabi. This consisted of many laws that changed the society, hindered women’s rights and independence and left a lasting impression for future generations...
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...King Hammurabi wrote 282 laws thousands of years ago to protect those who suffered.Thousands of years ago these laws were laid out.These laws still exist today as a starting point for laws,and while some people think the 282 laws were unfair, I have a different outlook on this subject. First of all,Hammurabi laid out laws concerning property.For example Law 23 reimburse a victim of robbery,who tells a god what he has lost and the local ruler replaces it.Also, Law 48 states if a man borrows money and loses it due to an accident he does not have to pay his creditor.Based on what I read Hammurabi wrote Law 23 to help people who got robbed.As you can see Hammurabi was paying attention to property,and what he did to counter it. In addition,family...
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...Beneficial or Brutal: The Effects of the Death Penalty Do you think it’s fair for those to face the death sentence as a way of receiving justice? The death penalty has existed for over 200 years in our country, and is still active today. It is the practice of taking a wrong doers life as a form of just actions. Since the year 1976, it was calculated that 1,392 inmates were sentenced to death. Currently, there are 2,816 inmates waiting to meet their fate on death row, however, the death penalty is brutal and should no longer be used in the United States as a form of punishment. The first execution recorded in history relates back to Hammurabi’s Code that was enforced in 1792 until 1750 B.C. King Hammurabi’s words and/or motto was “An eye...
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...Chapter 1 Who were the first known humans and which time periods/territories did they cover? The earliest human-like creatures were known as hominids and lived in Africa about three or four million years ago. They were known as “southern ape-men”, having flourished in eastern and southern Africa. The Australopithecines were the first hominids that made simple stone tools to hunt or defend themselves, existing about two to four million years ago. These early human-like creatures were bipedal, meaning they walked upright on two legs, enabling them to make journeys on foot. In 1959, a new form of hominid was discovered in Africa labeled the Homo habilis or “handy human”. These hominids were believed to have a brain fifty percent larger than that of the Australopithecines. This allowed them to become more sophisticated in finding food and hunting in Africa. The emergence of the Homo Erectus began about 1.5 million years ago. The Homo Erectus were the first hominid to migrate to Europe and Asia from Africa. Describe the...
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...Capital Punishment Capital punishment has been the center of much controversy dating back to its origins. Although the roots of capital punishment can be traced as far back as the life of Christ, arguments over its effectiveness and morality continue in the midst of its existence today. There are many people who have come up with reasonable arguments for both sides of the issue. Most people who believe that the death penalty is a fair punishment use the argument, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an arm for an arm, a life for a life." Otherwise known as Hamarabi’s Code. While most people who are in opposition use the argument that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment which violates the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution. In the times surrounding the origins of capital punishment, it was used for a wide variety of crimes. Capital punishment can also be found in the Bible. The Bible prescribed the death penalty for crimes such as murder, kidnapping and witchcraft. By 1500 AD, in England, only major felonies carried the death penalty: treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. (Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, 1989) The United States inherited capital punishment from European settlers in the seventeenth century. They promoted the idea that heinous crimes deserved severe punishment. And this is what brought capital punishment to its present standing. In the United States justice system a proportionate punishment is achieved, in the...
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...to the birth of ratings agencies, all the way through modern-day deficiencies in understanding probability of default. C redit is much older than writing. Hammurabi’s Code, which codified legal thinking from 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, didn’t outline the basic rules of borrowing and didn’t address concepts such as interest, collateral and default. These concepts appear to have been too well known to have required explanation. However, the Code did emphasize that failure to pay a debt is a crime that should be treated identically to theft and fraud. The Code also set some limits to penalties. For example, a defaulter could be seized by his creditors and sold into slavery, but his wife and children could only be sold for a three-year term. Similarly, the Bible records enslavement for debt without disapproval; for example, the story of Eli’sha and the widow’s oil concerns the threatened enslavement of two children because their father died without paying his debts. But the Bible also goes further than Hammurabi in limiting the collection rights of creditors — purely as a matter of mercy. The modern bankruptcy concepts of protection from creditors and extinguishment of debt are entirely absent from both Hammurabi and the Bible. For most of history, credit default was a crime. At various places and times, it was punishable by death, mutilation, torture, imprisonment or enslavement — punishments that...
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...states to companies and unincorporated associations. A treaty which establishes an international organization is also its constitution, in that it would define how that organization is constituted. Within states, a constitution defines the principles upon which the state is based, the procedure in which laws are made and by whom. Some constitutions, especially codified constitutions, also act as limiters of state power, by establishing lines which a state's rulers cannot cross, such as fundamental rights. An example is the constitution of the United States of America. George Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world,[2] containing 444 articles in 22 parts,[3][4] 12 schedules and 118 amendments, with 117,369 words in its English-language translation,[5] while the United States Constitution is the shortest written constitution, at 7 articles and 27 amendments, with 4,400 words.[6] Contents Etymology General features History and development Pre-modern constitutions Ancient Mesopotamia Antiquity Middle Ages Iroquois "Great Law of Peace" Modern constitutions Democratic constitutions Principles of constitutional design Governmental...
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