Hammurabi's Code is a set of laws dating back to the 18th century B. C.E. In the introduction to the laws, Hammurabi states his goal to “make justice visible in the land, to destroy the wicked person and the evil-doer, that the strong might not injure the weak." A copy of the collection can be found here: http://avalon. law. yale. edu/ancient/hamframe. asp. Feel free to read through some of the laws to get a better sense of them.

In a five paragraph essay, describe the purpose of writing down and organizing sets of laws, and assess Hammurabi's Code as to whether it is a just or unjust set of laws, and whether or not it accomplishes its stated purpose.

chamberlains goal was to stop the uk ad germany from fighting which he went to hitler and asked if he could sign a peace treaty between germany and the uk

the options of this question are:

a) president wilson’s desire to form the league of nations  

b) germany’s desire for reasonable conditions of surrender and fair treatment.  

c)europe’s desire to maintain original pre-war borders  

d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions

the correct answer is d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions.

the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions had the greatest influence on how germany was treated after world war i.

it is estimated that the cost of wwi was around 260 billion dollars, and the allies wanted germany to pay a big part for the losses. the allies also wanted to impose land losses as well as limit the army of germany and confiscate their industrial resources to apply the retribution.

in the united states, president woodrow wilson created the fourteen points to be delivered to germany, as a peace program. he presented these documents to the u.s. congress in january 1918.