"There were two forms of marriage in the Mesopotamian region, one more characteristic of nomadic tribes, the other of plow agriculture. The older form was marriage without joint residence. It allowed the woman greater autonomy and made divorce easier for her. The Code of Hammurabi formalized the other form, which gradually became predominant. In this marriage system the wife resides in the husband's house and is dependent on his support. Divorce is, for the wife, unobtainable. The marriage is a marriage by purchase even when the result is not ownership of the wife but legal power of the husband over the wife. It defines a new power relationship between husband and wife, for which there was no equivalent in earlier society."Gerda Lerner, historian, 1986Question:In the above passage, the historian argues that the Code of Hammurabi illustrates which of the following developments in Mesopotamia?

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