Hammurabi's code

Question 1

A man who is accused of robbing a home is standing before you. After reviewing the evidence, you find that he is guilty of robbery. What will his punishment be?

Answer 1

195

Hammurabi’s code:
“Then he shall be put to death”

Question 2

A construction worker who has built several home in the neighborhood stands before you. Hi most recent project, however, has caused some controversy in your town because the home caved in and killed the entire family. What will his punishment be?

Answer 2

229

Hammurabi’s code:
“Then that builder shall be put to death”

Question 3

A slave stands before you. The slave has disrespected his master by telling him, “You are not my master!” What will his punishment be?

Answer 3

282

Hammurabi’s code:
“The master shall cut off his ear!”

Question 4

A sailor stands before you. He is accused of borrowing his friends boat and wrecking it. The man denies that he wrecked the boat and claims to have given the boat back in great condition. After you investigate you discover that the sailor should have treated his friends boat better. What will be his punishment?

Answer 4

236

Hammurabi’s code:
“The sailor shall give the owner of the boat another boat of compensation”

Question 5

The young men stand in front of you for fighting. both of fights took place in the same week and you thought it would be easier to judge them at once since they are so similiar

The first boy attacked his father. You are never ale to figure out what exactly the father did, so all you know is that the boy hit his father. The boy admitted to this. What should his punishment be?

The second boy got into a fight over a game: one boy claims to have won yet the other claims that he is in fact the winner. In the fight, the boy pokes the other boy’s eye out. What should his punishment be?

Answer 5

First boy #195
Hammurabi’s code:
“His hands shall be hewn off”

Second boy #196
Hammurabi’s code:
“His eye shall be put out”

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”

Question 6

A man and a barber stand before you. The man is accused of tricking the barber into making a slave for sale when really it was not really for sale. It is taking you a while to figure out if the man really did trick the barber, or if the barber marked the slave knowingly. What should his punishment be?

Answer 6

226

If the barber was tricked: The barbers thumb shall be cut off

If the barber marked the slave knowingly : Cut the mans throat off

Hammurabi’s code: The hands “of the barber shall be cut off”