1·In the Code of Hammurabi, where someone's ox kills a child, then the ox owner's child is killed.
在汉穆拉比法典里,如果某人的牛杀死了一个小孩,那么这头牛的主人的小孩也应处死。
2·Babylonia: an ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates river valley. It flourished under hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar ii but declined after562b. c. and fell to the persians in539.
巴比伦王国:美索不达米亚的一个古代帝国,幼发拉底河流域。繁荣于汉穆拉比和尼布甲尼撒二世统治之时,但于公元前562年后衰落并于539年落于波斯人手中。
3·Conclusion: the Code of Hammurabi incarnates the idea of justice of the Old Babylonians, which not quite the same as our modern idea of justice.
结论:《汉穆拉比法典》体现了古巴比伦人的正义观,它与我们现代的正义观不完全相同。