In this paper I will focus on, The Code of Hummurabi and how the people of Mesopotamia lived their lives according to the code.          The Code of Hummurabi contributed to the value of cultural progress in the Near Eastern countries, during the historic age, which has influenced future generations. Such a legal structure based on older collections of Sumerian and Akkadian laws was revised, adjusted, and expanded by Hummurabi himself.1         The code backed the authority …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…slave. Unless you are born into a family of slaves: you were already a slave. 9 In general, the code portrays a stable and well-organized society in which law and order played a predominate role and in which even the lowliest individual was not without some legal protection. The code was effective and influenced the poeple of Mesopotamia "over time." Mesopotamians enjoyed life and repected the code of government, which made Mesopotamia society as a whloe.10