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    Hammurabi was the most power king in Mesopotamia and ruled for forty-two years. This superior king was known as the ‘King of Righteousness’ because of his role in making the first laws that have ever been written down. These two-hundred and two laws that were all written in cuneiform were collectively called ‘Hammurabi’s Code.’ These laws are controversial‚ even to this day. Was it just or not? ‘Just’ means if the subject in question is right‚ morally. Hammurabi’s Code was not just because it did

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    follow 282 laws by a king. Also‚ if people didn’t follow them they would get a harsh retribution. Hammurabi was king of Babylon 4‚000 years ago. Hammurabi made 282 laws because he believed in fairness to all people. So‚ was Hammurabi’s code of laws fair to all people? First off‚ Hammurabi’s code of laws were just based on evidence from the personal injury law‚ property law‚ and family law of his code. His first law was personal injury which was fair. For example‚ for personal injury‚ law 215 it

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    So I think Hammurabi law was better than the other laws. It is more seriously. It could threaten the guys who break the laws. Also it fits all the crimes. So basically‚ people would be afraid of death‚ so they will not break the law without any reason. In this society‚ people have inner desire. They keep on wanting‚ keep on desiring‚ keep on doing everything to get whatever they want. If the government just let them do like this‚ the people lived there will have no ability to attack the other country

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    This passage is from the second book of the Torah‚ Exodus. Exodus is translated from Hebrew to the word ‘names.’ The book often referred to as the book of names‚ discusses the different names God takes and the various ways God reveals himself to the Israelites. Exodus tells the story of Israel’s escape from slavery in Egypt and forty years they spent in the desert on their way to the land God had promised them (Catholic Youth Bible‚ 2004)1. Through the strength of Yahweh and being guided by Moses

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    From Hammurabi’s Babylon to the ascetic Buddhism of India‚ religion has always played a key role in the development of cultural unity and tradition. In 18th century B.C.‚ king of Babylon‚ Hammurabi improved his kingdoms unity with a code of law purportedly handed down to him from the gods themselves. Hammurabi used this sacred law to not only control his people but to promote a sense of well-being and justice for those under his rule. He claimed “that the gods had chosen him ’to promote the welfare

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    From this section of Hammurabi’s Code‚ Historians can learn that farms were important‚ that debt existed‚ and that there were consequences for farm related law-breaking. First‚ Historians can learn that farms were very important. Many of the laws from The Code of Hammurabi were about farms and that there were consequences for mistreating farms. One law that Hammurabi wrote was‚ “If anyone take over a field to till it‚ and obtain no harvest therefrom‚ it must be proved that he did no work on the field

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    Babylonia?”. Well it was in the middle east and it is now modern day Iraq. Babylonia leader was Hammurabi‚ he was the man who created all this code of laws‚ a code is a set of laws. So I would be really confused if I have not been reading and learning about Hammurabi’s code‚ so Just‚ what does it mean. Well think about fairness and Justice and that is Just. There are three areas of law where Hammurabi’s code can be shown to be unjust. These are family life‚ personal life and personal property. First

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    God in Exodus is kind of presented as a mixed bag in the sense that he is not a super-human with an exaggerated personality and superpowers; but he also isn’t all-present‚ all knowing‚ and universal yet. He has a bit of a humanistic side to him: “After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery‚ and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help rose up to God. God heard their groaning‚ and God remembered his covenant with Abraham‚ Isaac‚ and Jacob. God looked

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    Hello‚ King Hammurabi Egypt was a place where there were lots of People‚ Inventions‚ and Temples. I gathered you a lot of information about The Nile‚ Their achievements‚ government‚ daily life‚ and their Religion. The Nile River was one of the main parts of Egypt. The River would flood from the snow melting from the mountains‚ which brought fertile soil for the egyptians. Another thing is on the side of the river grew papyrus. Papyrus is a crop used for many things. In the river there were lots of

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