The Role Of Religion In I Hammurabi

I understand where you're coming from but you're missing a large part that comes along with these writings. That crucial part is the fact that they all have an attachment to a King or ruler. I believe that these rulers used religion as political platform to maintain obedience and gain support from their civilizations. They did this through religious reform by establishing a central God that is above all including other lesser Gods and having this central figure in the religion endorse the ruler. This allowed for more stable governments in unstable regions. We see examples of this within the writing that don't fail to mention how the ruler is the chosen one for example in "Hammurabi's Code" he writes "I, Hammurabi, have been called by the great