“If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition, and does not so keep it; if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined.” “If any one agree with another to tend his field, give him seed, entrust a yoke of oxen to him, and bind him to cultivate the field, if he steal the corn or plants, and take them for himself, his hands shall be hewn off.”

– Laws from the Code of Hammurabi (c.1800 B. C.E.)

What can be inferred about Babylonian civilization based on the laws above?

A: Agricultural activity was an important focus of society.
B: Mesopotamians were a very warlike people.
C: Legal codes disregarded the value of private property.
D: There was a heavy concern for observing religious traditions.