Have you ever seen someone with stubs as hands? Well, back in 1700 B.C.E. a man named Hammurabi lived. Tablets from that time said that Hammurabi ruled for over 42 years. He was the king over Babylon for those 42 years furthermore over the 42 years he made 282 laws. Laws for family life, laws for personal injury, and laws for property. He claimed to get these laws form a god named Shamash. Also over those 42 years of his ruling he had conquered the civilizations Larsa, and Mari. Although historians call these “lots of squabbles with other kingdoms” because they were not major empires in Mesopotamia. He was said to rule over most of Mesopotamia by the end of his life. Mesopotamia in latin means, the land between rivers which Mesopotamia was in between rivers. In was in between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. I will give my reasons why Hammurabi’s code was just to the people, and the land.
In the family laws in can be seen that it’s just. In Law 129 it says basically if…
In law 21 it states that if a man has broken into a house to rob they therefore well kill him. How is this Just you ask, in mesopotamia they had to be strict about things or else people would do whatever they want whenever they want. So in law 21 when it states that they shall put the man to death it’s therefore preventing people from doing it in the future because the punishment is so rough. In law 23 it states that if a robber is not caught the victim shall state what he lost before a god and the city mayor shall replace what he lost. This is very Just because, the person who got robbed gets the stuff they lost back. In law 53/54 if a man has flooded his neighbor’s field the man he flooded the field must restore the crop he has caused to lost. Moreover this law is very just because the man who flooded the field has to pay for his mistake and restore the other man’s crops that were lost. In a like manner all of the laws for property are majorly…
