The Code of Hammurabi was a code of laws written for Ancient Sumeria. The code followed an eye for an eye code that was strictly enforced. Many of the laws written relate to today's law, but also have many differences. For example two laws that can relate would be code 234, “If a boatman has built a boat of sixty GUR for a man, he shall pay him a fee of two shekels of silver,” and code 236, “If a man has let his boat to a boatman and the boatman has been careless and the boat has been sunk or lost, the boatman shall restore a boat to the owner.” Code 236 about breaking people's property is related to many laws of today. If you borrow something from someone and you break it you will have to pay for it. For example if you rent a car but you
