The Code of Hammurabi
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Social Class Discrimination


"If a slave say to his master: "You are not my master," if they convict him his master shall cut off his ear." 
- Law 282 of the Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi did bring justice for all social classes of Babylon, which is what Hammurabi intended, but it fails to provide equality. Until recently, it was believed that by nature, some people were inferior to others and as such could not receive the same treatment.
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Discrimination
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