Page 34 Question 5 in Western Civ. Textbook

5.  What areas of life did Hammurabi's Code cover?

Hammurabi's Code covered everything that affected the community, including family relations, business conduct, and crime. Hammurabi's Code covered principles like the principle of retaliation and the principle that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society. These set of law/codes were made by collecting a bunch of existing rules, judgements, and laws into the Code of Hammurabi. It was formed in order to help unify the diverse groups within Hammurabi's empire.

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