What is Hammurabi's contributions?

Answer 1

He ruled Mesopotamia. He was king of Babylonia for a time, but eventually he came to rule all of the middle eastern world. He rebuilt Babylon after destruction. But, he is mostly known for his laws. He has 282 laws. He was also known for "The Code of Hammurabi", like an eye for an eye. Or, back then a law was like this, "if someone build somebody else's house, but the roof fall in and kills the house owner's son, they would kill the roof builders' son. so, eye for an eye, a son for a son, etc.

Answer 2

It provided a set of laws and suggest a little bit of human/individual rights.

He made people pay for the crime they did.

It reinforced the principle that government had a responsibility for what occurred in societies.

then people died

Answer 3

The discovery of the Code of Hammurabi was valuable because it extended the date of common laws back almost 1,000 more years. It showed that civilization was much more advanced then thought.

Answer 4

Hammurabi was Babylon's greatest king who gained the throne around 1800 B.C. He wrote one of the earliest known codes of law.

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Answer 5

Hammurabi is known to place a good guard around the empire. But his most important deed that he is remembered is the first codified set of laws as we know today.