Hammurabi Code

One recalls the not-so distant polemics around the place of Islam in the European Renaissance. What if Europe did not owe its knowledge to Islam? Many historians reject the idea that the science of the Greeks has been transmitted to the West by the Muslim world. Contrary to the crescendo that has been repeated since…

Laws are ways of governing and controlling the behavior of people. Everyone obeys laws in some type of way, no matter if it involves obeying the rules, or the commandments that you choose to follow. In this particular case, the rules come from Hammurabi’s judgements, while the commandments come from YHWH. Each of these important…

That help maintain equal interactions with the community and set punishments and fines which help meet the requirements for justice. The laws are put in place to help keep control. The Code of Hammurabi is better explained as an “eye for an eye” which means that if a person commits a crime a harsh equal…

Mesopotamia was the very first civilization ever. Mesopotamia made many inventions and some we still use today. Mesopotamia started in 5000 and ended in 1100 B.C. Hammurabi reigned from c.1792-1750 B.C. in Mesopotamia and was a very important leader. In this paper you will learn the history, environment, society, government, religion, culture, science, technology and…

​The wisdoms texts from each civilization reflects the societies ideals and ideas that the ruler had for his subjects and in these cases, they were able to put their laws on a relative paper in order to solidify the expectations of the citizens and peoples living under the rule of these leaders. The four texts…

The advancement of human civilization around Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley were impressive. Both civilizations in their time had risen to a particularly notable zenith of power. This being said, there are multiple important social and political comparisons to be made between Babylon and the Mauryan Empire respectively, as both had reached very similar…