That was the sixth King Hammurabi who noted that cruel rules hadshort reigns so he created the Hammurabi code. The Code’simportance as a reflection of Babylonian society is indisputable.Hammurabi’s laws were established to be the “laws of Justice”intended to clarify the rights of any “oppressed man.” Mesopotamiasociety under the Hammurabi code was one of strict penalties forcriminal offenses with punishment severe and varied according tothe wealth of the individual. Hammurabi’s rigidly centralizedruling system prospered from tribute and taxes, which he used toboth compensate state dependents and finance extensive stateirrigation and building projects. The code also gives us a clearsense of the ways ancient Babylonians invested divine authority intheir secular leaders.

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