King Hammurabi Compare And Contrast

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Hammurabi of Babylon Versus Ashurnasirpal of Assyria
The Ancient Mesopotamia is the rise of first human civilization in the world history. King Hammurabi of Babylon and king Ashurnasirpal of Assyria are the greatest and powerful kings in Mesopotamian era, even though their way of ruling is way opposite than each other. Ancient Mesopotamia is considered the age ruled by the king who is appointed by gods and their devotion towards gods is high; also they believed that kings themselves are the gods. That is why, king Hammurabi was elected by gods to rule the people, however; Assyria’s lords selected Ashurnasirpal to be a king. These two kings had ruled their people in their own way. In my opinion, King Hammurabi is better and effective ruler than King Ashurnasirpal because of his fair leadership skills. King Hammurabi was a people king, who was focused on people’s rights to live and their prosperity. He was a peace spreader; he created the rational rules and laws for his people by setting up a strong example of humanity. However, king Ashurnasirpal killed people arbitrarily and threatened them and took their land violently. …show more content…

He has developed the set of written law codes in his time called Hammurabi’s Code. Hammurabi’s codes are the first greatest single source that was created on the nature of human law and society in Mesopotamia; it is inscribed on a seven-foot stele and enshrined in the temple of murduk. The Hammurabi’s code of laws is about prices, wages, slavery, payments, loans, laws concerning in theft, land tenure and contracts, marriage laws and rights of married persons, concerning violent crime and injury and concerning the regulation of professions. This code was created to provide community with basic source of fairness, their duties and their individual rights as a human. His laws are great, although, punishments are little harsh comparing to today’s

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