First, we need to understand the connection between âthings strangledâ and âblood.â Lenski noted: ââFrom a thing strangled and from bloodâ may be considered together since both alike involve blood. An animal that was not butchered but snared and killed by strangling still had blood in itâ (1961, p. 616).
Hammurabi was born circa 1810 BC in Babylon, modern day Iraq. The lasting contribution of Hammurabi on Babylonian society was his set of laws written on twelve stones and displayed publicly for all to see, the most common being, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.. The laws are commonly known as Hammurabi's Code.
The Hammurabi code was not the first code in Mesopotamia. It is a re-arrangement of the previous codes. There were several. Hammurabi managed to make his in a better way. It protects his citizens through a code of laws, instead of judging each case separately and in a chaotic way. It is definitely modern in concept and has influenced all the populations since then.