The Hammurabi codes are a series of laws made by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. These laws were carved on stone tablets and they are some of the oldest deciphered texts of such length. There were almost 300 of these laws made, and they are important because several of the core values these laws portrayed are still important today. Though the laws are quite brutal, if you modify them a bit, they would fit into society today.
The most famous law in the Hammurabi codes is “An eye for an eye”. It was originally created to hold people accountable for their actions, back when the justice system was simple and crude. If someone did something bad, something of equal measure would be done to them. At the time the law was useful but this law
The most famous law in the Hammurabi codes is “An eye for an eye”. It was originally created to hold people accountable for their actions, back when the justice system was simple and crude. If someone did something bad, something of equal measure would be done to them. At the time the law was useful but this law