All of the following are true about Hammurabi's law code except
A) death, most often by drowning, was a common penalty.
B) guilt and innocence were decided by "judges" and "elders," who could require witnesses and oaths.
C) Hammurabi's laws privileged women within their own family, marriage, and inheritance.
D) almost 50 of Hammurabi's laws dealt with family life.
E) accusers received the proceeds of any fines levied, but if the suspect was found innocent, the accuser was executed.
C
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A. the United States, Britain, France, and Italy. B. the United States, Britain, Germany, and Japan. C. the United States, Russia, France, and Germany. D. the United States, Japan, France, and Italy. E. France, Germany, Russia, and Britain.
How did developments during the Archaic Age influence Greek culture and politics in the Classical Age?
What will be an ideal response?
The Edict of Nantes was criticized for ________
A. revoking the rights of the Huguenots B. creating a state within a state C. turning a long cold war into a long hot war D. removing Catholicism as the official religion of France E. undermining the role of the laity in the French church
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A. saw the colonists carry out warfare that wiped out much of the local Indian population. B. led the colonists to grow rich from the surrounding productive farmlands. C. was critically important for trade routes with Jamestown to the south. D. was due in large part to the assistance of the natives. E. nevertheless saw two-thirds of its population die.