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    Dress Code

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    “ A dress brings us together‚ like an athletic team.” I feel some type of dress code would cut down some of the everyday problems that schools have today. A dress code in public schooling would be a good idea because it would reduce violence‚ the uniforms are more cheaper than regular clothes‚ and it should make the school more an academic atmosphere‚ and less of a social one. In fact‚ a dress code should solve many problems including violence that occurs everyday in school. Also‚ there are fights

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    Code of Humarabbi

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    What is the code- when- where-why? is a well-preserved Babylonian law code‚ dating back to about 1772 BC. The Code deals with matters of contract‚ establishing for example the wages to be paid to an ox driver or a surgeon. It set the terms of a transaction‚ establishing the liability of a builder for a house that collapses‚ for example‚ or property that is damaged while left in the care of another. A third of the code addresses issues concerning household and family relationships such as inheritance

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    morse code

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    The Language of Sounds Morse Code is a language that used sounds rather than words. And we have the ability to use it today using smoke signals‚ lights‚ and sounds (“Wikipedia”1). Without Morse code‚ the spies that stole secrets from other countries may have been seen‚ chased‚ caught‚ interrogated‚ and killed. The things in Morse Code like the dots and dashes‚ or the uses like the different machines they used back then‚ possibly even the people that created it such as the main person Samuel Morse

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    Morse Code

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    Morse Code was designed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. It uses short and long pulses - tones or lights - to represent letters and numbers. Probably the most well known Morse Code Message is the one made up of three short pulses‚ then three long pulses‚ then three short pulses again. Or "dot dot dot‚ dash dash dash‚ dot dot dot." This message means "S O S" (S = "..." and O is "---")‚ the distress signal. Officially‚ the short and long pulses are called "dits" and "dahs"‚ but we like to call them

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    Hammurabi Code

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    The Code of Hammurabi King Hammurabi is arguably one of the most well-known rulers of Ancient Mesopotamia‚ alongside Ur-Nammu‚ Great King Sargon‚ and Tiglath-Pileser to name a few. Shortly after 1900 B.C.‚ the Amorites – the Semites from the west who weakened the Third Dynasty of Ur‚ took Babylon as their capital. Gradually and carefully‚ they consolidated their position in the north. By the eighteenth century‚ the Old Babylonian dynasty attained full strength under King Hammurabi‚ who had a long

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    The Code of Hammurabi

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    The Code of Hammurabi was written by King Hammurabi‚ who began ruling the Babylonian Empire in about 1800 BC. Hammurabi came to power using his strengths as a military leader‚ conquering many smaller city-states to create his Empire. Hammurabi believed that the gods appointed him to bring justice and order to his people‚ and he took this duty very seriously. Not long after his ascent to power‚ he created his Code‚ 282 laws written to define all relationships and aspects of life in the kingdom. The

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    Code of Hammurabi

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    Jahaira Alicea Code of Hammurabi In Mesopotamia around 1750 B.C. citizens followed a stern law code that consisted of 282 laws called The Code of Hammurabi. This law code shows that in early Babylonian society they thought the best punishment was an eye for an eye. By setting such law codes they made the punishment so harsh that the person who committed the crime would never think about committing it again. Some people read the Code of Hammurabi and do not agree with it because of the

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    Code of Hammurabi

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    wanted to‚ but by "The Code of Hammurabi". The code was the major reflector and shaper in the ancient Babylonian society. If there was something they wanted to do‚ they had to make sure that it wasn’t against the code‚ because if it was‚ the consequences were serious‚ and could mean their life. But without the code‚ their society would be much more uncivilized and inhumane. Without the code‚ they wouldn’t have been as advanced and as knowledgeable as they were. The code of Hammurabi reflected

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    Code Talker

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    Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac Code Talker is a novel by Joseph Bruchac. Bruchac is an American writer who focuses his literary efforts towards works about the native people of North America. He has written several stories‚ books‚ and poetry about Native Americans and Anglo Americans in the northeast United States. Joseph Bruchac not only writes about the native people of North America but also has ties within his own lineage with the people and cultures he writes about. Bruchac is of Abenaki

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    Hammurabis Code

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    of laws supposedly given to him directly from the god of justice himself‚ Shamash. According to Document A‚ the 282 laws‚ promoting justice to the weak‚ were carved into large pillar shaped stones called stele. They later became known as Hammurabi’s Code. Today we are going to analyze these laws in order to determine whether or not they were fair to the victim‚ the accused‚ and society. Personally I believe that these laws were indeed fair in his ancient era ‚ although we don’t know much about life

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