If a man strikes a free-born woman so that she loses her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.
Babylonian king, code of laws
From the Code of Hammurabi (Law #209)
c. 1754 BCE
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"If a man accuses another man and brings a charge of murder against him, but cannot prove it, his accuser shall be put to death."
Controversial"Were a child to strike a father, the child's hands were cut off."
Controversial"Until the child married, the father had legal rights to use children for labor for himself or his debtors. Fathers could even choose to sell their children off."
Controversial"If a son strikes his father, his hand shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a woman neglected and left her husband, she might be cast into the water; if a husband neglected his wife, his only punishment was that she could leave him."
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