Why is Hammurabi's code?

Answer 1

It was written because Hammurabi wanted everyone to be treated fairly. If someone had cutten off someone's hand, their's would get cut off. If someone stole, both arms would be cut off. He made everyone fairly treated and if anyone had dissobeyed it, the same would happen to them.

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[EDIT] This is not completely true. Yes, people were treated fairly with the concept of "eye for an eye," but only if the victim and perpetrator were of the same social class. For example, if one peasant killed another, the first peasant would be killed as well. However, if a noble killed a peasant, he was fined a certain amount of money which was then given to the family as consolation.

Answer 2

The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code; dating back to about 1772 BC.Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King, as a wise law-giver in his celebrated code.

Answer 3

He noted that cruel kings had a short reign so he wrote the first set of laws codified in one volume of laws. Because of Hammurabi's reputation as a lawgiver, his depiction can be found in several U.S. government buildings. Hammurabi is one of the 23 lawgivers depicted in marble bas-reliefs in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. There is also a frieze by Adolph Weinman depicting the "great lawgivers of history", including Hammurabi, on the south wall of the U.S. Supreme Court building.

Answer 4

It was invented to keep the people in his empire safe.

Answer 5

To have everyone respected and teach people a lesson

Answer 6

Hammurabi created the Hammurabi Code to promote justice and peace in his country.

He used death as a penalty and therefore helped to restore peace in his kingdom.

Answer 7

To have a just reing.