"Law 23: if the robber is not caught, the man who has been robed shall formally declare whatever he has lost before a god, and the city and the mayor in whose territory or district the robbery has been committed shall replace for him whatever he has lost"
Actually its not the Mayor...If the robber is not caught, the community has to pay for the goods that were stolen. The communities taxes are used to pay for the stolen goods.
b. The United States wanted to assume its place as a world power.
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