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Hammurabi: The King Of Babylon

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Hammurabi “The king of Babylonia,“ carved one of the world 's oldest sets of laws in the 18th century.Hammurabi ruled over most of Mesopotamia by taking over Larsa and Mari two large cities in Mesopotamia. Hammurabi wanted justice and order because of all the commotion going on while taking over the cities. Hammurabi with the permission of the gods and the instruction of shamash the god of justice.But was Hammurabi 's code just?He carved 282 laws on a stele as a whole these laws were called Hammurabi 's code.Hammurabi 's code was made in 1800 b.c.e.In the 18th century, these laws were fair and valid however the punishments and consequences weren 't equal.The punishment you get was based either on your gender or what part of the social class you were in etc . From this point on we will discuss law #195,law#218 and law#23.Where the punishments and payment equal among all citizens. In my opinion, they weren 't. Hammurabi 's punishments and payments toward the citizens upper,middle and lower based on their gender or social status was unequal.For example, Law #213 If a man has struck the slave girl of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb he shall pay two shekels of silver.Law number 209 says that if a man has struck the daughter of a free man then he shall pay 10 sheckles of silver.In thse two cases …show more content…

Hammurabi 's code and punishment was unfair to the citizens for example, in law #23 if the robber is not caught then the city and the mayor in which the robbery took place must replace his or her belongings. This is unfair to the citizens of babylonia because they didn 't commit the crime and they have to give away a their belongings and give to a stranger when it was only one person 's doing .The citizens shouldn 't have to reimburse the person if they didn 't rob them in the first place .Hammurabi 's law against property was unfair to the citizens and the society of babylon.His law affects everyone in babylonia in a bad way people lose

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Was it Just? “Cursed!” is what you'll hear if you decline the written rules of Hammurabi.400 years ago in 1754 Bce. A man named Hammurabi became king of a city called babylonia and made certain rules about family law, property law, and personal injury law and although they were laws, not all laws were fair. To begin with, Hammurabi made a decision to write rules for his land. But were they just?let's answer that.

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Hammurabi’s Code DBQ King Hammurabi’s rule began in the city of Babylon. He later then extended his control by taking over Larsa and Mari a large part of Mesopotamia. After expanding his land, Shamash, the god of justice presented him with a code of 232 laws (Doc A). These laws were then influenced throughout the community and were considered a part of the communities culture. I disagree with Hammurabi’s code because most laws were to cruel and targeted certain people.

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My evidence is the law 's 23, 48, 53, and 54 from document d. Law 23 is : If the robber is not caught, the man who has been robbed shall formally declared whatever he has lost before a god, and the city and the mayor in whose territory or district the robbery has been committed shall replace for him whatever he has lost. This law is fair because nobody is willing to confess to what they did so they will all in a way be paying for the object (through taxes) it teaches the society that you are all one not an individual that controls the entire thing. Law 48 also proves that Hammurabi 's code was just. Law 48 is: If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop,... in that year he does not have to pay his creditor. If you were to put the law into perspective such as that you lost all your money but you owed someone thousands of dollars, but how you lost the money couldn’t be controlled by you would you think it was fair if you had to pay the money back to the other person that year?

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