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What do you think the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code was? Why was code written that way? What did they serve?

User Amin Y
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Step-by-step explanation:

1) he was concerned with keeping order in his kingdom. it was somewhat of a Constitution/Bible/Commandments. it contained laws for living in society as well as living as a family, being loyal, faithful and lawful

2)When he started ruling the city/state of Babylon, he only ruled about 50 miles of territory. As he conquered other city/states and his empire grew, he saw the need to unify the various groups he controlled.

3) they served the purpose of a lawful society

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