“If a noble man puts out the eye of another noble man, his e…
“If a noble man puts out the eye of another noble man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another noble man’s bone, his bone shall be broken. If he puts out the eye of a commoner or breaks the bone of a commoner, he shall pay one silver mina. If he puts out the eye of a man’s slave or breaks the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.”The excerpt above from the Code of Hammurabi illustrates which of the following about Babylonian society?