Hammurabi: Just ruler or unfair Tyrant Hammurabi was a leader of the ancient civilization of Babylonia. He ruled in 1792 B.C after the Sumerians had developed in to the world’s first civilization. Hammurabi is best known for his code of laws that he had created. The topic of this essay is was the code just or not, myself I believe that the code was just for its time. The proof of this is it protected the weak or those who can’t defend themselves against the strong and powerful, the law was seen to be just to the people, and if the government failed to enforce the law then they would repay those who wasn’t protected. Hammurabi’s code was just in the way that it protected the weak from the strong. The law was made to help those who are too