HAMMURABI

HAMMURABI

• Was known for the Hammurabi code
• Born: 1810 B.C in Babylon
• Died: 1750 B.C in Babylon
• His Father was the king of Babylon
• When he was 18 years old, his dad died

HAMMURABI'S CODE

• Hammurabi was given the title of King at eighteen years old.
• There is 282 laws in the code
• The best surviving examples of the code is the diorite stele

SOME LAWS WERE SEVERE

• If a son hits his dad, his hands will be cut off
• If a man cuts someone's eye, his eye will be cut off
• If a man hits someone of higher rank, he will be hit 60 times with an ox-whip
• If a builder builds a house for someone and it falls, killing them, then the builder will be killed