The Epic of Gilgamesh seems very different from most other origin or creation stories. Gilgamesh in the first …show more content…
The code was very harsh, a person in this society could be put to death for almost anything. “Any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death” (Hammurabi Code). This is a good example of the punishments being different depending on the social class. The poor people who may need the cattle get the worst treatment if you have money or steal from someone who doesn't have money the punishment is not that severe. This punishment system today would be equivalent to us letting prisoners free if they could afford it which makes the different punishments for each social class very