Bibliography: Landau, Elaine. "Hammurabi's Babylonia." The Babylonians. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
2010. 39-44. Print.
During Hammurabi’s reign Babylonia grew: scientists made very interesting discoveries, scribes composed poetries and sculptors made statues representing daily life. Agriculture and trade grew as well: Irrigation was under the King’s control and due to that there was surplus food, the surplus food was then traded. Also they traded the most common material of the region for the least one; trade also expanded regions from the Persian Gulf trade with Babylonia. Hammurabi is most known his collection of laws which was about daily life disadvantages and problems. There were 282 laws and they made life easier. Also, the laws kept the region in order some laws were very tough others were rational. One unreasonable law is: if the surgeon kills a patient during his operation his hands need to be cut off.
In the article the author mentioned that slaves and rights, unlike modern days they had rights and could own property.
Social Classes of Ancient Mesopotamia:
Babylonia:
Ziggurat:
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