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.
