Carefully read through the Law Codes of Territorial States and Pastoral Nomads
and answer the following questions about the Code of Hammurabi (Mesopotamia) andInstruction toVizier Rekhmire (Egypt)
- What specific issues do the law codes legislate?
- What sorts of social distinctions (class, gender, and occupation) are evident in the codes?
- What differences and similarities are evident in the codes and how do these reflect the social and political structures of Mesopotamia & Egypt? (use context from your reading of the text this week to answer).