Why Is Hammurabi Too Harsh

The Code of Hammurabi Hammurabi was a ruthless leader who killed and hurt hundreds of people for their mistakes. Hammurabi was a powerful king in a small city state called Babylon which was the capital of the kingdom of Babylonia. Hammurabi took power in 1792 B.C. for 42 years and had brutal rules with lots of power. Hammurabi´s code is not just because the laws that he has made are too harsh,and why should diffrent people get punished more than others, finally Hammurabi should not have that much power. I think that Hammurabi´s code is too harsh. The reason I think this is because why should a builder die because they built a weak house and the person inside died,why should someone lose their hands for stealing, should a slave's ear get