1. Hammurabi & Moses
An example "Code 203: If a free-born man strike the body of another free man or equal rank, he shall pay one gold mina. Code 204: If a freed man strike the body of another freed man, he shall pay ten shekels in money. Code 205: if a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off." ... There were also laws governing the rights of slaves "Code 175: If a state slave or the slave of a freed man marry the daughter of a free man, and children are born, the master of the slave shall have no right to enslave the children of the free." ... Moses" law was based on the ...
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- Grade Level: High School