During the Babylon, the dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and Hammurabi became the most powerful king of Babylon which conquered large portions of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for his law code, his stele that presents the law code and other orders. There is a system of crime and punishments outlined on his law code, as well as a representation of Hammurabi. If you look closely at the stele, it shows that Hammurabi has a close connection with Shamash, the sun god (Hammurabi on the left and Shamash on the right.) and below the figures, is where the law code is located, which tells us what the crime and punishment would be. For example: an eye for an eye and there are also crimes for adultery. The laws are written in
During the Babylon, the dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and Hammurabi became the most powerful king of Babylon which conquered large portions of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for his law code, his stele that presents the law code and other orders. There is a system of crime and punishments outlined on his law code, as well as a representation of Hammurabi. If you look closely at the stele, it shows that Hammurabi has a close connection with Shamash, the sun god (Hammurabi on the left and Shamash on the right.) and below the figures, is where the law code is located, which tells us what the crime and punishment would be. For example: an eye for an eye and there are also crimes for adultery. The laws are written in