Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi was a document of legal systems and social customs used by the Mesopotamian people around 1728 to 1686 B. ... According to the code of Hammurabi, the nature of the Mesopotamian people was a complex and arbitrary society. It seems that King Hammurabi created these codes to bring justice and order to his rule. ... Code 147 says that if a woman does not bear a child she shall be sold. ... Code 196 says that if a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician, then his eye shall be knocked out. ... All of these classes, and punishment differences show that the code of Hammurabi was a system of laws strongly revolving around class diversity.