Hammurabi's Co$...$

she may go on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her, and if he take another wife, she shall remain as servant in her husband's house.

$196.$ If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

$199.$ If he put out the eye of a man's slave, or break the bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one$-$half of its value.

$202.$ If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he$,$ he shall receive sixty blows with an ox$-$whip in public.

$203.$ If a free$-$born man strike the body of another free$-$born man or equal rank, he shall pay one gold mina.

Source: "Code of Hammurabi," $1780$ BCE.

Vocabulary

dowry: money or property that a wife's family gives to her husband when they marry

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Guiding Questions

Central Historical Question:

What can we learn about Babylonia from Hammurabi's Code?

Document A: Religion

According to this document, where did Hammurabi get his power as king?

Monotheistic or Polytheistic?

a$.$ According to this document, was Babylonia a monotheistic society $($belief in one god$)$ or a polytheistic society $($belief in many gods$)?$

b$.$ How do you know this from Hammurabi's Code?

According to this document, what is the goal of Hammurabi's Code?

Document B: Economy

Working the fields: Summarize laws $42-43$ in your own words

The dams: Summarize laws $53-54$ in your own words.

Type of Economy

a$.$ According to this document, do you think most people in Babylonia made money in cities or in the country?

b$.$ How do you know this from Hammurabi's Code?

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Document C: Society

Equality

a$.$ Code $196$: What is the punishment for putting out the eye of "another man"?

b$.$ How might code $196$ be seen as an attempt to promote "equality"?