How was theft dealt with in the code of hammurabi?

Death penalty is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The code of Hammurabi was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. The code have 282 laws, at least half of the code deals with the contractual matters and one third of the code deals with the issues of household and family matters such as paternity, divorce and inheritance. One provision deals with the government official and establishes that if a judge would alter his decision after it gets written then the judge would be removed from the bench and fined.The code was discovered in 1901 and is inscribed in Akkadian language using Cuneiform script.

The code declares that if a person steals the property of the court or temple then the thief and the person who receives the stolen items should be put dot death. Theft was considered to be a heinous crime and punishment was extremely severe.

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

answer; i believe the correct answer is (favorable balance);