The Code Of Hammurabi In Ancient Mesopotamian Society
"Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak." ~ Code Of Hammurabi. In ancient mesopotamian society kings had a divine relationship with the gods, therefore why they were appointed with responsibility of imparting justice onto their subjects’. Babylon, a great city on the Euphrates river in what today is Iraq, the cradle of the world's first civilization, was ruled by King Hammurabi in which developed his own law codes focusing on influencing the public and private lives of his people.He proclaimed that his goals as a ruler were to support the principles of truth and equity
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Although these laws protected the rights of many in this patriarchal society, it left little room for women to have some, if any, freedom compared to the influence goddesses had on their culture. Hammurabi’s law code was built upon the foundation of the laws developed in the Ur III dynasty, and the product surmounted into a society where “an eye for an eye” could describe the laws in a general sense. The main audience in social hierarchy was split into three parts, free persons, commoners, and slaves. Men in particular still had an advantage over women, although they had limited legal rights, the husbands had the final say in every decision regarding their wife, family, and land. Therefore, when the agriculturally developed society came about, and the more physically demanding it became there was a clear
Although these laws protected the rights of many in this patriarchal society, it left little room for women to have some, if any, freedom compared to the influence goddesses had on their culture. Hammurabi’s law code was built upon the foundation of the laws developed in the Ur III dynasty, and the product surmounted into a society where “an eye for an eye” could describe the laws in a general sense. The main audience in social hierarchy was split into three parts, free persons, commoners, and slaves. Men in particular still had an advantage over women, although they had limited legal rights, the husbands had the final say in every decision regarding their wife, family, and land. Therefore, when the agriculturally developed society came about, and the more physically demanding it became there was a clear