Landau, Elaine. "Hammurabi's Babylonia."
The Babylonians. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
2010. 39-44. Print.
In our last humanities class, we read an article called “Hammurabi’s Babylonia”. It was about how laws all started. Laws started in Babylonia by its ruler during 1792 b.c . Hammurabi started laws and justice because of the Gods, who he claims told him to write laws “to make justice appear in the land”. Hammurabi wrote 282 laws that consisted of daily life, marriage and divorce, wages, trade, crime and more. Some of his laws are still use today in some countries around the world. Not all of Hammurabi’s laws where fair. One example of an unfair law is “if a son strikes his farther, his hand may be cut off”. Although we find some of these laws unfair, Babylonians may have not because it seemed that they believed in the saying “an eye for an eye”. In conclusion Hammurabi’s, laws where very important to the development of Babylonia and to law order.
The Babylonians. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
2010. 39-44. Print.
In our last humanities class, we read an article called “Hammurabi’s Babylonia”. It was about how laws all started. Laws started in Babylonia by its ruler during 1792 b.c . Hammurabi started laws and justice because of the Gods, who he claims told him to write laws “to make justice appear in the land”. Hammurabi wrote 282 laws that consisted of daily life, marriage and divorce, wages, trade, crime and more. Some of his laws are still use today in some countries around the world. Not all of Hammurabi’s laws where fair. One example of an unfair law is “if a son strikes his farther, his hand may be cut off”. Although we find some of these laws unfair, Babylonians may have not because it seemed that they believed in the saying “an eye for an eye”. In conclusion Hammurabi’s, laws where very important to the development of Babylonia and to law order. 
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