The code of Hammurabi is said to be one of the harshest law created. The law follows the concept of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." The law does not follow social equality but it gives more power to people in the higher class groups. Punishments would vary according to social status. People with same social status undergoes a different punishment compared to people with two different classes in society.
Well because the eastern hemisphere is on the eastern side of the Mediterranean
Before the panama canal people from East coast of America who wanted to go to Asia had to either sail around south America which took months or sail towards Asia and go around Africa which took even longer. The panama canal was a short cut right in the middle of central America which cut navigation time in half. Hope I helped. :)
The Fourteenth Amendment later became the basis for equal rights claims.
