Importance Of Hammurabi Religion

The importance and extent of involvement of religion and/or spirituality in fostering unity within a complex society is best demonstrated throughout early ancient history. From Hammurabi's Babylon to the ascetic Buddhism of India, religion has always played a key role in the development of cultural unity and tradition. In 18th century B.C., king of Babylon, Hammurabi improved his kingdoms unity with a code of law purportedly handed down to him from the gods themselves. Hammurabi used this sacred law to not only control his people but to promote a sense of well-being and justice for those under his rule. He claimed “that the gods had chosen him 'to promote the welfare of the people, to destroy the wicked and the evil...to light up the land'”