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Banished, Beheaded, or Boiled in Oil: A Hair-Raising History of Crime and Punishment Throughout the Ages! (Awfully Ancient)
Banished Beheaded or Boiled in Oil A HairRaising History of Crime and Punishment Throughout the Ages - Awfully Ancient
Author: Neil Tonge
The history of punishing criminals is a long and gruesome one. In 620 BC, a Greek named Draco wrote a legal code that punished almost every crime with deathexcept murder! For that, criminals were exiled. Odd facts about crime and punishment like this abound in history. Readers encounter many places and periods, from ancient China to the Victoria...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781482431216
ISBN-10: 1482431211
Publication Date: 8/1/2015
Pages: 32
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Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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