Hammurabi was a king of the Babylonian Empire. To have expansion and authority over his empire; he created the code of Hammurabi. It is a set of 282 laws that sets the standard of conducts and justice for the region of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi believed that the God appointed him to bring integrity to his society. Therefore, to please God, he produced the code of Hammurabi for the weak to have some power over the strong; he wanted to bring about the rule of righteousness in the empire. Thus, Hammurabi’s empire progressively increased providing the Babylonia rights and educations.
The law of code is known as the most well-written and advanced legal codes of the Babylonian period. It reflected many different aspects such as the society, culture, or religion of the Babylonians and the value they place on human life. The code of Hammurabi shows that the Babylonia understand their place within society. They want an efficient society that runs smoothly where everyone had equal rights and punishment in return for their wrong doing. The law of code help shaped and control society. The law of code created a well-structured civilized society that spread knowledge and skills to the people. Without it, the society would be inhumane and uncivilized.
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The gender role of male and female is a large part of the code. Even though women have some rights, men still had more authority over them. The law of code gave women more protection than before. Addition to that, class roles was depicted in the law. According to the code, Hammurabi divided society into three classes: The nobles and rich landowners, the middle and poor social classes, and the slaves. Hammurabi organized an efficient classification in which he treated each class fairly, even though he didn’t find them all equal. The social structure was important for him because of the different classes and laws within each