It's important to know how a person who experienced the oppression feels.
C. The gate-control theory. The gate control theory of pain states that non-painful inputs closes the nerve gates to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling to the central nervous system.
Explanation:
Hammurabi was quite harsh when it came to his code of law. Although the punishments as well as the limits were reasonable, the cruelity was demonstrated throughout the code of law. However, the most unfair and unreasonable laws, in my opinion, consisted of long-term suffering. For example, if a physician accidently failed an operation and tragically killed his patient, Hammurabi would lacerate the physician's hands, ensuring that that physician will not make the same terrible mistake again. These laws were not merciful whatsoever, but Hammurabi's punishments and limits that he set in his kingdom kept things in order. After all, the empire did fall apart after Hammurabi's death.
The Code of Hammurabi is important because if was one of the first written laws. We built off of that for most laws, which is why in some countries there are laws similar to Hammurabi's "Eye for an eye"
