How was the code of Hammurabi different from earlier mesopotamian laws earlier

Hammurabi notedthat cruel rules had short reigns so he created the Hammurabi code.The Code’s importance as a reflection of Babylonian society isindisputable. Hammurabi’s laws were established to be the “laws ofJustice” intended to clarify the rights of any “oppressed man.”Mesopotamia society under the Hammurabi code was one of strictpenalties for criminal offenses with punishment severe and variedaccording to the wealth of the individual. Hammurabi’s rigidlycentralized ruling system prospered from tribute and taxes, whichhe used to both compensate state dependents and finance extensivestate irrigation and building projects. The code also gives us aclear sense of the ways ancient Babylonians invested divineauthority in their secular leaders.