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In effort to build a strong and unified empire, Hammurabi constructed a set of 300 laws to govern the everyday lives of his people. Government has always been an important part of any civilization and should contain laws and guide lines. Hammurabi's set of laws ou ....

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.... number six is if a man has stolen goods, he shall be put to death, and if he gave any stolen goods to people, they shall be put to death too. Today a robber would usually get a fine or jail time, and same for the person who received the goods, but wouldn't receive a death sentence in most cases. You can see how str ict they were on robbery back then, and probably not many robberies occurred. There were also laws that dealt with stealing ox, sheep, ass, pig, or ship that, unlike the previous laws, wasn't punishable by death but by a fine. In case of kidnapping, the kidnapper would be put to death. Nowadays jail time would probably result from such an ....