Question

Use the passage and knowledge to answer both questions below:

"If anyone steals an animal from a leader in the court, the thief shall pay back thirty times the animal's value. If it belongs to a free man of the king, the thief will repay ten times the value, If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death. If a man puts out the eye of a free man, he shall pay back in gold. If he puts out the eye of a slave, he shall pay one half the value. If a man strikes a man of higher rank, he shall receive sixty lashes with a whip in public."

a) Identify and explain one SIMILARITY between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and those found in another civilization before 1200 CE.

b) Identify and explain one DIFFERENCE between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and those found in another civilization before 1200 CE.

Answer 1

Both give punishment of repayment many times of its actual price.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is one similarity exists between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and ancient Egyptian laws is the repayment of stolen goods. In Mesopotamian laws, if a person stole a valuable thing from a high rank person, the thief will repay the price 30 times whereas in ancient Egypt he will repay it 100 times more than the actual value. One difference between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and ancient Egyptian laws is that the ancient Egyptian execute the thief to death if he stolen goods from the attribute of holiness because it is considered a religious crime whereas in the Mesopotamian laws, people were given the punishment of repayment.