Question

Babylon was a city-state when Hammurabi began ruling it. While he was king, became an empire. To establish order and justice throughout the land he created a code of laws. His code prescribed the fines and punishments for a variety of offenses. The prefix pre- means " before" or "beforehand ." The root scrib means "write" or carve into a surface.Based on this information, what does prescribe mean in the paragraph? give information about warn people about record in advance set down as final

Answer 1

Answer:

The word 'prescribed' as used in the sentence means the ruler had already written down the punishment for transgressors of the code of laws he had written.

Explanation:

From the passage, King Hammurabi was ruler of Babylon and he laid down certain code of laws to keep the peace and order.

From these code of laws, he had already pre-written the punishments that offenders for varying offences would get.

The punishments could be as mild as fines or as severe as death, depending on the severity of the crime.