The document discusses the Code of Hammurabi, a major set of laws established in Mesopotamia in 1750 BC by King Hammurabi of Babylon. The Code consisted of 282 laws that detailed punishments, including loss of limbs, for different classes of people who committed various offenses. The Code was inscribed on a large stone stele and influenced Mesopotamians to accept the king's authority. It is now housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
2. I am going to introduce you to some of the laws
of Mesopotamia. Back then, punishment was extremely
severe, they wouldn’t just put people in jail, people
might lose a limb.
3. In 1750 BC, the Babylonian king Hammurabi, created the
major set of laws in Mesopotamian time, The Code of
Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi consisted of 282
laws. They had the bad deed and how the wrong doer
would be punished for all 3 types of
people, nobles, commoners and slaves. The saying was
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” The Code of
Hammurabi was carved on a 2.2 meter high piece of black
diorite, with 16 columns on the front and 28 on the back.
The carving on the front shows Hammurabi receiving the
laws from the sun god, Shamash. The laws influenced the
Mesopotamians to accept the authority of the king. The
Code of Hammurabi is now on exhibit in The Louvre
Museum in Paris, France.
4. The laws of Mesopotamia influenced the
people of the modern day to use laws to keep
people in order.
