The Role Of Slavery In The Code Of Hammurabi

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Slavery has taken on many forms since the classic/ antiquity period to present day. In one of the earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, slavery was such a prominent factor of the society's laws were created for the practice of it. Out of the 282 laws of The Code of Hammurabi, thirty dealt with slavery. That might not seem like much, but considering The Code of Hammurabi was one of the first legal codes in history, it says a lot about the suffice of slavery in this ancient empire .Not only does it show the place of slavery in this society, but it also shows the treatment and place of the slaves. According to the code there were

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