Hammurabi's Code of Laws

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For instance, if one was jailed ten years for a minor theft (a purse, a bike, etc.) and someone else was jailed ten years for a major theft (robbing the bank, stealing a valuable painting, etc.), that wouldn't be reasonable. In Hammurabi's ?an eye for an eye' theory, all the punishments are equal to the crime, which is very practical...
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Most of his laws are based on this. In Hammurabi's code, there were different fines for crimes on certain classes of people. For instance, if one freeborn man were to hit another freeborn man or someone of equal rank, the first freeborn man would have to pay one gold mina in gold. However, if a freed man were to hit another freed man, the first freed man would only have to pay ten shekels of money...
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