Hammurabi Dbq Essay

Did you know Hammurabi wrote 282 laws? Hammurabi’s Code was Just because it protected the family, personal property, and against injury. To begin, Hammurabi’s Code protected the family. For example, law 148 it states that if a married woman gets a disease the man has to stay with her forever. Also, it says that the man is allowed to marry another lady but still has to stay in the same house that they built together. According to the text, In Document C a dad can’t cut off his son’s hand if he doesn’t have a reason. This shows that the laws may have been more protective on children. As you can see, the laws Hammurabi has written protected the family’s. Moreover, Hammurabi’s Code protected personal property. For instance, Law 23 it states if a robber is not caught the man that has been robbed shall declare to a god and get the stuff that have been stolen back and I think that law is fair because the man didn’t know he was going to get robbed and wasn’t his fault his stuff got stolen. Also, in Law 48 it says that if a farmer borrows money to grow his crops and a storms hit and floods his crops he does not have to pay the person he …show more content…
For example, Law 209 it states that if a man hits a pregnant woman whose father is a free man, he will need to pay shekels of silver. This law is fair because the man is not supposed to hit a pregnant woman. In addition, Law 216 if a doctor operates and saves a free man’s life he shall be rewarded 10 shekels of silver. This Law is also fair because the doctor has saved a life. Based on what I read, In Document E if someone hits a pregnant woman and kills her baby then the person who killed her baby shall pay 2 shekels of silver. I think this Law is fair because the woman is sad that her baby has died. This is important because if a woman loses her baby she will be crying a lot and she’ll be really sad. As you can see, Hammurabi was just trying to protect