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Important Laws of Hammurabi
Theft: People who stole property could face severe punishment, including death in some cases.
Murder: A person who intentionally killed another person could be sentenced to death.
Agriculture: Farmers could be held responsible for damage caused by neglecting irrigation systems.
Trade: Laws regulated buying, selling, debts, and business activities.
Marriage: The laws regulated marriage, divorce, inheritance, and family rights.
Wages: Some laws established wages for different types of workers.
Construction: If a poorly built house collapsed and killed its owner, the builder could face severe punishment.
Doctors: The laws established medical fees and penalties for serious medical mistakes.
Slavery: The code included laws concerning slaves, their owners, and escaped slaves.
Law of retaliation: Some laws followed the principle of “an eye for an eye,” meaning that punishment could correspond to the harm caused.
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The image depicts daily agricultural life in southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), featuring ancient mud-brick architecture, a distant Ziggurat, and irrigation canals fed by the river.
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The Code of Hammurabi is one of the most famous legal monuments in ancient history. It was created during the reign of King Hammurabi of Babylon, around 1750 BC. The monument contains a collection of laws that regulated daily life in Babylonian society, including trade, marriage, property, and punishments. It is considered one of the oldest and most famous written legal codes in the world, and it is currently preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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