A long time ago, the formidable king of Mesopotamia, named Hammurabi, created the world’s first laws. Hammurabi's reign extended over the ancient city of Babylon for 42 years. A majority of his reign was primarily focused on battles against other city-states in Mesopotamia. He conquered theses city-states and eventually became the ruler of an estimated one million people! In the 38th year of his reign, he decided to move toward the concept of peace. In order to do this, Hammurabi created 282 laws, which he referred to as Hammurabi's code. I believe Hammurabi's code was just because his laws regarding family, property, and personal injury protected all the victims of crimes committed. The first reason Hammurabi's code was just is because
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If someone accidently destroyed his neighbor’s crop, he had to reimburse his neighbor. If someone robbed a house, he would be punished by being put to death. One could justify this and say that whatever the robber deemed worthy to steal from the victims was worth his life. Finally, if a someone got away with robbing a house, the mayor must reimburse the victim of the robbery because he allowed the crime to happen in the territory that he controlled. In conclusion, Hammurabi's code was just among property owners because it allowed victims to be reimbursed for whatever items were stolen or destroyed. The final reason why Hammurabi’s Code was just is because it protected the victims of personal injury. If your eye was knocked out, your attacker would either lose his eye or pay half of your value if you’re a slave. If a man killed the unborn child of a free woman, he would have had to pay her 10-shekels of silver. To contrast, the killing of an unborn child of a slave resulted in only paying 2-shekels of silver. While the punishment is not equal, they laws still protected the victims of the attacks and gave them justice. In conclusion, Hammurabi's laws on personal injury we're just because they protected the victims of the attacks, no matter what class, and gave them justice. In conclusion, while the laws are not entirely equal, I believe that Hammurabi’s Code protected
If someone accidently destroyed his neighbor’s crop, he had to reimburse his neighbor. If someone robbed a house, he would be punished by being put to death. One could justify this and say that whatever the robber deemed worthy to steal from the victims was worth his life. Finally, if a someone got away with robbing a house, the mayor must reimburse the victim of the robbery because he allowed the crime to happen in the territory that he controlled. In conclusion, Hammurabi's code was just among property owners because it allowed victims to be reimbursed for whatever items were stolen or destroyed. The final reason why Hammurabi’s Code was just is because it protected the victims of personal injury. If your eye was knocked out, your attacker would either lose his eye or pay half of your value if you’re a slave. If a man killed the unborn child of a free woman, he would have had to pay her 10-shekels of silver. To contrast, the killing of an unborn child of a slave resulted in only paying 2-shekels of silver. While the punishment is not equal, they laws still protected the victims of the attacks and gave them justice. In conclusion, Hammurabi's laws on personal injury we're just because they protected the victims of the attacks, no matter what class, and gave them justice. In conclusion, while the laws are not entirely equal, I believe that Hammurabi’s Code protected