2021 DA Agriculture and Early Civilizations - Unit 1 In order that the mighty not wrong the weak, to provide just ways for the waif [helpless person) and the widow, I have inscribed my precious
pronouncements upon my stela (upright stone slab) and set it up before the statue of me, the king of justice, in the city of Babylon ...The
Code of Hammurabi, circa 1750 B. C.E.
Based on the information in the excerpt, Hammurabi most likely intended to -
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O replace earlier primitive laws

O promote widespread literacy in an ancient river valley civilizations
O ensure order in society with a legal code
O communicate with the wealthy members of Babylonian society