Question

What specific actions did hammurabi take in his attempt to provide for the good order of society and the basic welfare of his subjects?

Answer 1

Hammurabi[a] (1810 BC –  1750 BC) was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty.

He is known for having enacted the Hammurabi Code, which is one of the first written law codes in history, which is kept nowadays in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Almost half of the code was dedicated to contract matters, one third of the code to regulate households and family relationships. It also contains provisions of the responsibilities of officials and some which regulate the behaviour at the military service.

The code contained a scale of punishments which adapted the "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" mechanism. It also introduced principles such as the presumption of innocence.