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    Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who created a set of laws known as Hammurabi's Code. He had the laws engraved on a stone pillar and placed in a public square so that all people could see and obey them. The Code established equitable legal precedents based on the principle of "an eye for an eye." We know more about Hammurabi's Code than other early forms of law because a French expedition uncovered a copy of the laws in 1901, and the stone pillar is now on display in the Louvre museum in Paris.

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    Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who created a set of laws known as Hammurabi's Code. He had the laws engraved on a stone pillar and placed in a public square so that all people could see and obey them. The Code established equitable legal precedents based on the principle of "an eye for an eye." We know more about Hammurabi's Code than other early forms of law because a French expedition uncovered a copy of the laws in 1901, and the stone pillar is now on display in the Louvre museum in Paris.

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    Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who created a set of laws known as Hammurabi's Code. He had the laws engraved on a stone pillar and placed in a public square so that all people could see and obey them. The Code established equitable legal precedents based on the principle of "an eye for an eye." We know more about Hammurabi's Code than other early forms of law because a French expedition uncovered a copy of the laws in 1901, and the stone pillar is now on display in the Louvre museum in Paris.

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    1. Why did Hammurabi have his laws engraved in stone and placed in a public place?
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    For people to see the laws and obey them
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    2. Was Hammurabi’s Code fair? Defend your answer using facts from the article.
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    It was fair, because it was based on "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", which means that if someone lost
    something because of someone else, it was that person's turn to lose the same thing.
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    3. Why do we know more about Hammurabi’s Code than other early forms of law?
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    Because, in 1901, a French expedition to Mesopotamia uncovered a copy of the Babylonian king's laws. The
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    stone pillar were Hammurabi had his laws engraved is on display at the Louvre, a museum in Paris, France.
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