Why is hammurabi's code important? a. it was the first time any ruler or society attempted to use written law that applied to everyone. b. it was a major
step forward for civilization because it protected the weak from the strong. c. hammurabi based his code of law on the religious principles of the sumerians. d. many of the laws in use today come from hammurabi's code.

During the seventeenth century a. the english monarchy was temporarily replaced by a new government called the commonwealth. b. the english enjoyed an unprecedented period of economic and political security. c. the english government was seized by the puritans, who instituted a strict oligarchy. d. the english united with spain and holland to battle france for supremacy in the new world.