Ancient History of Laws

What is the purpose of laws?

• To ensure general safety and protect people from harm by others

• To create chaos and confusion

• To restrict people's freedom

• To promote inequality and injustice

What are the stages of legal systems?

• Pre-Legal Society, Proto-Legal Society, Legal Society

• Ancient Society, Medieval Society, Modern Society

• Primitive Society, Advanced Society, Utopian Society

• Traditional Society, Revolutionary Society, Postmodern Society

What is the Code of Ur-Nammu?

• The oldest known code of law in existence

• A fictional code of law created for a novel

• A code of law written by Hammurabi

• A code of law from ancient China

What does Ma'at represent in ancient Egyptian culture?

• Order, balance, and justice in the universe

• Chaos and disorder

• Power and authority of the pharaoh

• Slavery and oppression

Which ancient code of law has the principle of 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'?

• Code of Hammurabi

• Code of Ur-Nammu

• Draco's Code of Law

• Xia Dynasty's Punishments

Who was hired to replace the oral code of laws in Athens, Greece?

• Draco

• Justinian I

• Arthashastra

• Leviticus

Which book of the Bible contains instructions on ritual, legal, and moral practices?

• Leviticus

• Arthashastra

• Justinian Code

• Book of Leviticus

What type of laws are emphasized in the Book of Leviticus?

• Ceremonial

• Civil

• Moral

• All of the above

Which ancient manuscript summarized laws and started the judicial process against acts of crime?

• Arthashastra

• Justinian Code

• Book of Leviticus

• Draco

What was the purpose of the Australian Penal Colony?

• To banish prisoners and separate them from the general population

• To rehabilitate convicts

• To provide education to prisoners

• To enforce strict laws