Babylonian Ruler: The Code Of Hammurabi

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To start off the Code of Hammurabi was written and invented by the Babylonian ruler, Hammurabi. It was composed of many laws that gave the people moral standards, created distinct social classes and worked to create equality. According to the Code of Hammurabi social classes are very important in having a regularly functioning social life. He divided the people into many social classes ranging from captured prisoners to the pharaoh. What the code developed was distinct order, by injecting fear into its people. For example, every wrong doing was equally punished, and if it was someone from the lower classes trying to hurt someone from the higher classes, the punishment was far worse. So basically, by installing the Code of Hammurabi in

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