The king of Babylon wrote series of laws on a stone pillar which became known as the law code of Hammurabi. This well preserved set of laws gave us an opportunity to look into the past. This document by an unknown author mentions the important stuff of this. It even includes an excerpt from the library of Ancient Inscriptions of the Code. It only includes a few of the laws those being laws regarding Theft, family, assault, and liability. The resolute of committing a crime typically ended with death or some sort of payment in silver. These laws seem to be written to inflict fear in the people in keep control. Also there is a good portion of these laws that seem to protect women which shows they valued women. They have them set up for multiple
