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What is a major similarity between the Code of Hammurabi and the Ten Commandments?

A. Both place legal limits on behaviors that could harm society

B. Both promote the philosophy of representative democracy.

C. Both focus on preventing tyranny by limiting government power

D. Both are religious documents based on holy scriptures.

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(Apex) Both place legal limits on behaviors that could harm society.

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The correct answer is A) Both place legal limits on behaviors that could harm society.

The Code of Hammurabi is a legal code created during the reign of Babylonian
King Hammurabi. This code collected over 200 different laws that helped to rule Babylonian society. One of the most famous phrases tied to this document is "a eye for an eye" meaning that the punishment must fit the crime.

On the other hand, the Ten Commandments is a religious document. These commands go over what a person of the Christian faith should do. There are penalties discussed within the Bible as to how people should be punished for going against these rules.

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