Have you ever heard of Mesopotamia? Well if you didn’t know what is , it’s an area located between the Tigris and Euphrates river, which is present day Iraq. The king of Mesopotamia is name is Hammurabi. Hammurabi had a code of laws for his nation. These laws were mainly punishments for those who didn’t follow the laws. Hammurabi wrote the code of laws after his 38 years of ruling, he wrote it in babylone. He wrote the code of laws to organize his nation. Hammurabi’s Code was mostly fair because he warned his nation about the punishments, it is also fair because you only get punishments if you do bad, if you did bad you get a punishment and they shouldn’t have done anything bad in the first place. The code of laws were mainly fair in my opinion. For example one of the laws are “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off”. This is fair because the Laws already warned the nation, it’s also is fair because the son shouldn’t strike his father, that is very rude. Another example could be “If a man 's wife be surprised (in flagrante delicto) with another man, both shall be tied and thrown into the water, but the husband may pardon his wife and the king his slaves.” This is fair because the women betrayed her husband and that deserves a punishment, she cheated on him. …show more content…
Not everyone thinks they are everyone has their own opinion, and there is no write or wrong answer. As long as you explained why the laws are fair you are good to go. Remember at that time slavery was common. Know that you’ve read my essay, what’s your opinion about the code of