The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi's Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901
Answer: it important, as a Western culture, to look at Eastern art to explore the history, beliefs, and culture that once was there at two different places in the world.
