Some of the responsibilities of vassals for the lord included: Maintain the Lord's manor...Watch over day-to-day activities...And occasionally help advise the king on simple matters of the land.
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC (Middle Chronology). It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a 2.25 metre (7.5 ft) stone stele and consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (lex talionis)[1] as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man or woman.[2]
Well this was the beginning of women wanting equality, and also inspired the long process in history for African Americans to attempt freedom. It's eventually gained, but even as free people African Americans are not given the same rights as the old white guys who wanted "freedom" back in colonial days.
