Why was hammurabi a good ruler?

Answer 1

Hammurabi's law code favored women and children by requiring widowed fathers to spend their deceased wives' dowries on their sons; requiring men to support their first wife, even if she remarried; allowing women to keep their dowries if they left their husbands; allowing widows to keep their dowries.

Answer 2

Hammurabi's code helped him rule his empire because it was a clear set of laws that were publicly announced and publicly visible. His citizens were able to read and understand what the laws were and what the punishments for breaking those laws were.

Answer 3

Compared to the ancient dictators, Hammurabi was a great king and a just one which wrote the first known codified code of laws.

Answer 4

Like most rulers the actual control was exacted through fairly brutal means and use of military force. However, Hammurabi's significance to modernity is that he is credited with having set down the first (as far as we know) set of written Codes of Conduct with corresponding punishments. In essence, Hammurabi is credited with establishing the first modern legal system with codified (written) laws and the first set of sentencing guidelines. The punishments subscribed were quite brutal in nature however and, in many ways, could be best described by the old adage and "eye for an eye".

Answer 5

The code was very important to the people at that time bacause if you didt follow it, you would get killed.