Assignment task:
Requirements: Answer the questions below with short essays of 200-250 words (min/max).
Hammurapi's Law Code (c. 18th c. BCE). Given what you have learned in WTWA Ch. 3 about the rise of territorial states, what are the issues a large territorial state like Babylon tries to legislate, and why are these issues important to its success? Be sure to consider evidence in the code for regulating and/or protecting the economy, social distinctions (class, gender, and occupation), and family relationships (husbands-wives, parent-children).