In this paper I will focus on, The Code of Hummurabi and how the people of Mesopotamia lived their lives according to the code.
The Code of Hummurabi contributed to the value of cultural progress in the Near Eastern countries, during the historic age, which has influenced future generations. Such a legal structure based on older collections of Sumerian and Akkadian laws was revised, adjusted, and expanded by Hummurabi himself.1
The code backed the authority of Babylonian gods as well as the state. …
