Compare And Contrast The Hammurabi Code

The world’s first civilizations started in Sumer, Mesopotamia. The Sumerians needed leaders to plan and supervise digging sites. Those projects created a need for laws to settle disputes over how land and water would be distributed. Leaders and laws organized the government; therefore, it created a civilization. The Hammurabi Code was a set of laws for justice. It was created by Hammurabi, rulers of Mesopotamia in 1792 BCE.
The Fertile Crescent is a curved area near the Mediterranean Sea. The Sumerians experienced unpredictable flooding, so they dug irrigation ditches that carried river water to fields and produced crops. They also built city walls with mud bricks for protection against enemies. Natural resources and materials were limited