Why Was Hammurabi's Code Significant

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why was Hammurabi's code significant?

• A)It established a common system of justice throughout the Babylonian empire.
• B)It established a set of statutes for lawyers to use when arguing cases.
• C)It established the death penalty for a wide variety of crimes and offenses.
• D)It replaced a long-standing set of universal laws that had grown irrelevant.
• E)It supported precepts established in the Bible.

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