Read the following excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi, make a guess as to the intent of the law and its subsequent punishment, written in one paragraph. In another paragraph, discuss what this law might have to say about Babylonian civilization. If you are unable to post your paragraphs on the blog, please be sure to print them, and bring them to class.
“If a female tavern-keeper does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of a drink, but takes money, and the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.”
