In this research paper, you will learn about 5 interesting topics covering Mesopotamia. The topics you will learn about are Sargon The Great, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Code of Hammurabi, King Nebuchadnezzar, and Cuneiform Writing.
             Hammurabi was a Babylonian king. He was the greatest ruler in the first Babylonian dynasty. He reigned from about 1792-1750 BC. He extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and westward to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Hammurabi feared god. Hammurabi was remembered for his codification and laws governing Babylonian life. Hammurabi made a law system that is known as The Code of Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi was based on "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." This code offered protection to all classes of Babylonian people. Hammurabi's code was created to prevail, and to destroy wicked evil.
             The codes were written on an eight foot high stone monument, so that everyone would see them and read them. His laws clearly distinguished between the three classes of people: freemen, serfs, and slaves. The fees and punishments were often very different between the classes of people. The laws brought all of Babylon under a uniform legal system. The laws protected the weak from the strong, and regulated business and land ownership.
             In 1901-1902 a few French archaeologists found a copy of the code. The code consisted of 282 laws. One of the laws is "19. If he holds the slaves in his house, and they are caught there, he shall be put to death." Because 13 is considered an unlucky number, there is no 13th law in the code. The Code of Hammurabi was not the first actual law system. But the law system that was most remembered. Many of Hammurabi's laws turned out to be exact copies of earlier Sumerian laws. His code if the best preserved legal document giving us an idea of the life and social structure of the people du...