Hammurabi’s Code Let me start by telling you about, and who Hammurabi was. He was a leader, the leader of Babylon to be exact. Creator of the first form of written laws; Hammurabi’s Code. We don’t know much of his personal life, his birthdate, how or when he died, or even what he looked like. However, we know he ruled for 42 years. So do you believe his law was just? Hammurabi’s code was not just, and I’m going to prove it to you! He talked about how the god of just gave him the laws. They were never any proof of the god giving it to him. He could have just lied about the whole thing. What do you thing? Did he lie about the god of just or not? His laws were also harsh, they were very radical punishments. One of his laws (law 218) were,
