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Hammurabi's Code

Today in Western Civilization we looked at 6 scenarios in which one of the laws in Hammurabi's Code would be enforced. We were able to work with a partner. I worked with Will. One of the scenarios was, "A house builder builds a house for a family. He's built several of the houses in the area. This house was poorly made, caved in, and killed the family living in it" (Not word-for-word) and we had to come up with our own punishment. I came up with the punishment of putting the builder in prison for the rest of his life. There were also other punishments other groups made up like putting him to death or giving him a life sentence with a chance at parole. But, in Hammurabi's Code, Hammurabi would put the builder to death for this. Another scenario was, "A slave told his master 'You are not my master'" (Again, not word-for-word) and we had to come up with another punishment. Our punishment was to whip the slave 30 times. The other answers also involved starving and more whipping.

This is the end of my post for today.

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