Code of Hammurabi is the first written law in the human history. It includes a lot of information about Babylon. You are going go to read an essay about the Babylon's social and economic life, how neolithic revolution devoloped them and signs of civilization, social stratification and comparision about todays justice and their justice according to the code of Hammurabi.
When we examine the the code of Hammurabi, we can understand Babylon's social and economic life in Babylon.
"When the loftly Anu, king of the Anunnaki gods and Enlil, lord of heaven and earth, he who determines the destiny of the land. . . . When Marduk sent me to rule the people and bring help to the country, i established law and justice in the language of the land and promoted the welfare of the people."(The Code of Hammurabi, p.21).
From these lines we can see that there is a polytheist religion in Babylon and gods are anthromoporfic in the kingdom of Hammurabi. We see that Hammurabi uses religion to have......
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