The quote illustrates that the law did not treat all members of society equally. It establishes different punishments based on the social status of the individuals involved, highlighting a hierarchy within the legal system.
Read the excerpt from Hammurabi's Code.
"If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out... If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] ... he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician's servant... he shall pay half his value."
What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi's Code?
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The law's punishments
• did not encourage social order.
The law did not treat all
• members of society equally.
O The law aid not address any private matters.
The law did not specify the crime.
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