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Hammurabi Code Exercise
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AIM: Why did Hammurabi’s Code provide justice
for Ancient Babylon?
Discussion: Agree or disagree – “an eye for an
eye, a life for a life.” Explain.
Exit Work: Create a set of ten laws, and their
punishments for the classroom.
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Hammurabi’s Code of Law
I. Babylonian Empire [2000 BC – 1680 BC]
1. Nomadic warriors overtook the Sumerians.
II. Hammurabi’s Code
1. In 1790 BC, king wrote the world’s first large
collection of laws.
III. Legal Principles of Hammurabi
1. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
A. 282 specific laws.
2. Punishments would be based upon social class of
lawbreaker.
A. Wealthy citizens would pay fines, commoners
would face physical punishment.
B. Government had a responsibility for what
occurred in society.
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If a freeman brings false
testimony in a case that
carries the death sentence,
he shall be put to death.
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If a builder builds a house and
does not make the construction
firm and the house collapses and
causes death of the owner, that
builder shall be put to death.
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If a freeman wants to disinherit his
son but the judges find the son
has done no grave wrong, the
father may not disinherit his son.
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If a freeman rents a field but does
not cultivate it, he shall pay the
owner grain based on the yield of
adjoining fields.
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If a trader borrows money from a
merchant and then denies it, and
the merchant can prove this loan
was made, the trader shall pay
the merchant three times the
amount he borrowed.
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Create your ten Laws with you
elbow buddy…Be prepare to
share and justify. (Paper will
be turned in with both or your
names.