The Role Of Justice In Ancient Mesopotamia

Justice is essential for having a fair and equal society and balance humans lives. The purpose of the ancient Mesopotamians about justice was to control over the people and bring peace to the region which needed hard work. The ancient Mesopotamians had both strength and weakness justice system that was different from other places. First, the strengths of their justice were that they could decrease the amount of murdering or stealing which were very common in the past, and because people in the ancient time were afraid of the justice, they were trying to avoid crimes which had benefits for the community. Therefore, people lived mostly in peace and could know the truth behind any crimes that occurred. Also, justice gave the rights to victims’ families, so they were not worry about taking their rights away and their rights over the crime was to kill the
If there was not justice in the societies, the rate of crime would have risen highly, and the community would have been afraid of their lives and could kill each other easily because without justice, there is not order, so when there is not order, people will freely do whatever they want without having obstacles which lead to civil wars. Beside the strengths point about justice, the ancient Mesopotamians had also some weaknesses justice system, For example, the decisions of the court could have been wrong, and the right cause of the crime could never be found, so some people might be killed to death without doing any sort of crime; as a result, justice was not right every time. Also, punishments were so strict to the people and did not have a meaning of decision, for instance, the punishment of the person, especially women was to throw them to rivers in order to know the cause of the crime which is very unusual because the