Hammurabi was the ruler of the Babylon empire. Hammurabi became the ruler of Babylon in 1795 BCE. Hammurabi ruled Babylon for 42 years. While he was ruler he created the code of laws that he used to protect the 1,000,000 people of his empire. He carved all 282 laws on stone steles placed around his 400 mile empire. (BGE) Most people didn’t like his laws and said they were harsh, but Hammurabi claimed that Shamash the god of justice had justified the laws. Hammurabi’s Code: was it just? Hammurabi’s code was not just because the Family laws, Property laws, and Personal injury laws were not fair for the people of the empire. The first area that was unfair was family because Law 148 says “if a man has married a wife and a disease has seized her,
