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D. In pairs, take turns to give details about the
following:

1. Hammurabi’s reign
2. The stele
3. The laws and punishments
4. The crimes covered by the code

5. The equality of the punishments
6. What happened to the stele and code?

E. Do you agree or disagree with the following
statements?

1. The stele should not be kept in the Louvre.
2. Hammurabi’s rules were too strict.
3. It was unfair of Hammurabi to treat people
differently.
4. Some of the punishments would be
effective today.
5. The stele is one of the world’s most
important historical objects.

F. Discuss the questions in pairs or groups.

1. Do you think it is a good idea for adjoining
states or countries to have the same laws?
2. Do you think it is a good idea to have laws
that are inflexible?
3. Do you think that the law should change
according to different “types” of people?

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