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puteri [66]
3 years ago
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Why did agricultural civilizations such as babylon insist on harsh punishments for crimes?

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1 answer:
mafiozo [28]3 years ago
6 0

Agricultural civilizations such as Babylon insisted on harsh punishments for crimes given that they did not have ample resources to build jails or prisons where the criminals would be sentenced to. As a result, they imposed harsh punishments which also served to deter would be offenders

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