Use the passage and knowledge to answer both questions below: "If anyone steals an animal from a leader in the court, the thief shall pay back thirty times the animal's value. If it belongs to a free man of the king, the thief will repay ten times the value, If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death. If a man puts out the eye of a free man, he shall pay back in gold. If he puts out the eye of a slave, he shall pay one half the value. If a man strikes a man of higher rank, he shall receive sixty lashes with a whip in public."

a) Identify and explain one SIMILARITY between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and those found in another civilization before 1200 CE.

b) Identify and explain one DIFFERENCE between a concept found in these Mesopotamian laws and those found in another civilization before 1200 CE.