If a man takes a woman to wife, but has no intercourse with her, this woman is no wife to him.
Babylonian king, code of laws
If a man takes a woman to wife, but has no intercourse with her, this woman is no wife to him.
Babylonian king, code of laws
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"Men were also allowed to take another wife if their first wife bore them no children (though the law did stipulate that he must continue to care for her)."
Controversial"Cutting off hands was another popular punishment if, for example, a son struck his father, or a field hand stole the crops they were tending."
Controversial"If the 'finger is pointed' at a man's wife about another man, but she is not caught sleeping with the other man, she shall jump into the river for her husband."
Humorous"If a man accuses another man and brings a charge of murder against him, but cannot prove it, his accuser shall be put to death."
Controversial"If a man opens his ditch for irrigation, and the water overflows and floods his neighbor's field, he shall pay grain to his neighbor for his loss."
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