A few days ago
Philip M

Code of Hammurabi school help!!!?

i need to write a paragraph on the following by tommorow…

what other law codes do you think are similar to the Code of Hammurabi? i am really stuck and need help now!!!

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A few days ago
DrIG

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The major elements that you need for comparison is that a code is the writing down of the law in one place with some type of organization and it has to be old.

Look at the list below. For more information you can see the sites listed or you can google the name of the individual codes.

EGYPT

The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep, c. 2200 BCE

ASSYRIA

The Code of the Assura, c. 1075 BCE

GREECE

The Law Code of Gortyn (Crete), c. 450 BCE

Ancient Rome/Byzantine Empire

Justinian’s Code (Byzantine Empire, 534 CE).

Roman Empire

The Twelve Tables

India

Code of Manu c400 AD

Judea

Torah

Chinese T’ang dynasty,

code issued in ad 630

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A few days ago
sean b
Justinian code
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