1. Specific actions Hammurabi took was create a well detailed law systems to keep order in Babylon. Hammurabi's law caused Babylon to be the capital of the empire, where the had justice through law. 2.In Babylon, peasants were, of course, apart of the lower class, so if peasants were to commit a crime, then they would be done the say. For example, 196. If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destryoed. 3. The status of women in the society was women had some power but not all the power. They did enjoy the protection because even though they were under their husbands controll, they are able to divorce with their husband when they wish. 4. The status of the children was they had no power at all.
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