HAMMURABI

HISTORY OF HAMMURABI

• 6 king of Babylonian dynasty
• Ruled in central Mesopotamia (present day Iraq)
• Created, military, irrigation, and temples

HISTORY OF THE CODE

• Earliest known example of ruler presenting a list of laws
• Carved upon on a black stone monument
• 8 feet high
• Found in 1901

OVERVIEW OF THE CODE

• "Eye for an eye"
• Harsh punishment
• Sometimes death
• Punishment for judges and witnesses

EXAMPES OF THE CODE

• If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders,
• and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
• If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken.
• If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.
• If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.

EXPLANATION OF THE CODES

• Punishment based off of crime
• Code regulates organization
• Keeps discipline in society

IMPACT OF THE CODE, ON LAW

• Shapes many governments by giving outline of how to write law
• Punishment fits the crime
• Provided the first idea of innocent until proven guilty
• Shows the first time of constitution of state

SOURCES

• Wikianswers.com
• History.com
• Chm.gmu.edu
• Fordham.edu