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Imagine living in a place where convicting someone of a crime, only to be wrong, could get you stoned to death! In Ancient Mesopotamia, that was the case! Weird Laws is a show where we dive into some of the most harsh and strange laws from around the world, throughout history. In this episode I will discuss some of the harsh laws of the Code of Hammurabi with random people, to prove how weird these laws really are.



Check out all the laws from the Code of Hammurabi here! https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

Weird Laws: The Code of Hammurabi Alexander Carpenter

    • Society & Culture

Imagine living in a place where convicting someone of a crime, only to be wrong, could get you stoned to death! In Ancient Mesopotamia, that was the case! Weird Laws is a show where we dive into some of the most harsh and strange laws from around the world, throughout history. In this episode I will discuss some of the harsh laws of the Code of Hammurabi with random people, to prove how weird these laws really are.



Check out all the laws from the Code of Hammurabi here! https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

    Weird Laws: The Code of Hammurabi

    Weird Laws: The Code of Hammurabi

    Imagine living in a place where convicting someone of a crime, only to be wrong, could get you stoned to death! In Ancient Mesopotamia, that was the case! Weird Laws is a show where we dive into some of the most harsh and strange laws from around the world, throughout history. In this episode I will discuss some of the harsh laws of the Code of Hammurabi with random people, to prove how weird these laws really are.



    Check out all the laws from the Code of Hammurabi here! https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

    • 6 min

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