Hammurabi had 282 laws many with extremely harsh punishments like death. Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon for 42 years and was thought to have gotten his laws from the god of justice Shamash. I believe that Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of the family law‚ property law‚ and the personal injury law. First of all‚ it is unjust because of the family laws. Law 148 states that if a man’s wife wife is severely ill the man can remarry but he cannot divorce the ill wife and still has to take care
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IB ToK II 2 December 2014 Why was Hitler defeated? There were many factors why Hitler was defeated‚ the most important being the entry of the US into war in 1942 and the fact that Germany was fighting a 3 front war. By 1940‚ Germany had already gained control of all of Western Europe and was winning the majority of battles against the Soviey Union in the Eastern front. Only Britain hadn’t been invaded and was fighting against Germany.
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Columbus Day: A Mistake Why should this day be celebrated in the first place? Columbus Day should not be celebrated‚ but should be removed. Although it might be nice to have the day off of work or school‚ the meaning behind this holiday is completely immoral. Technically‚ Columbus did not even discover the Americas because the lands were already inhabited. Columbus was guilty of the genocide of many Native Americans‚ or “Indians”‚ as they were commonly known as during that time. Columbus also did
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It is now customary to recite the national oath before every class‚ which was new but easy to forget‚ for it failed to spark patriotic or nationalistic feeling within its reciters. For now‚ my thoughts were on my family. A multitude of questions swarmed my head‚ Why was conscription activated? What happens when I turn sixteen? What about my parents‚ will my dad go into the army? Questions I would fortunately never know the answer to. On the journey home I overheard people discussing possible ways
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1939 the St.Louis was refused entrance to Havana after a 14 day long journey. It had left its port two weeks earlier in Hamburg on the 13 of May. It was carrying 937 passengers(Holocaust memorial). Most of the passengers were Jewish German citizens but there was also some Europeans‚ Spanish and Cubans aboard the ship(Historica Canada). Most of these were refugees searching for a new home where they would be safe from Hitler. Once the ship was refused entrance to Havana Its captain was forced to ask Canadian
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Devastating damage was caused by such explosives. Secondly‚ Adolf Hitler committed suicide. People may wonder‚ well there were so many casualties‚ so why is this one person’s death important to history. Read on and the truth of Adolf Hitler will be revealed. Lastly‚ Germany’s surrender to the Soviets had a big impact on Germany’s future. Greater conflict occurred making the end of World War II incomplete. During this brutal World War‚ the United States joined in after their navy was attacked by Japan
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Spongebob was sick and tired of not getting paid as much as he should. He went to the Krusty Krab to talk to Mr.Krabs about getting a raise. When he asked Mr. Krabs‚ he denied him saying the restaurant couldn’t afford it. So Spongebob grew very angry. He then went and talked to Patrick and Sandy about how mad he was. On his way home he came along Plankton. Plankton asked Spongebob why he was so mad. Then Spongebob told Plankton the reason why. Plankton then asked Spongebob if he wanted to make a
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his father and his mother marrying his uncle‚ but it is not an excuse to plan a murder. Hamlet displayed motives‚ the kiling was premeditated‚ he openly admitted that he was wanted to kill Claudius‚ and Hamlet does not fit into one spefic disease. First‚ Hamelt was mourning the death of his father‚ like any normal human would (1.2.133-138). Throughout the same time Hamlet was sickened by the behavoir his mother’s with Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle who killed his father. His mother marrying Claudius did
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using their rights in every way possible and barely any of the perpetrators were punished. Reconstruction was more of a failure for Freedmen because it failed to protect former slaves and created unjust laws. Although the new amendments were effective for some time‚ overall throughout time people began to find ways to reconstruct white supremacy and undo what they stood for. The government was so corrupt that many unjust laws were passed. Southern state
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Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise‚ they included about 21 million Russians who were immensely ill equipped and fairly ineffective. Whether the Allied forces merely took advantage of the mistakes made by the Central Powers or whether they were indeed the stronger bloc is arguable‚ never the less‚ the loss of the war came as a huge shock for the Germans and the other members of the Central Powers and was because the many of the people in
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