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Looking at the Babylon's Society during Hummurabi¡'s regime by analyzing the Code of Hammurabi.  

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To: Professor E. L. Chan Fm: Lee Sun wah Hermony (student number 020012) Contact telephone number (81028818) CLASS: General Western History TOPIC Looking at the Babylon's Society during Hummurabi's regime by analyzing the Code of Hammurabi CONTENTS TOPIC 1 Looking at the Babylon's Society during Hummurabi's regime by analyzing the Code of Hammurabi 1 Introduction 3 Background 3 Research Problem: 3 Objective: 3 Methodology: 3 Approach: 3 Remarks/Legends: 3 B. Hammurabi & his Codes 4 C. Political Aspect 4 God 4 Offence of God 4 God be the Judge 4 God be the Witness 5 God be the Final Resort 5 The King 5 Offence to the King 5 King being Ultimate Beneficiary 5 King being Setter of Standards 6 The Elders 6 D. Economical Aspect 6 Introduction 6 Gold Standard 6 Agriculture Industries 7 Agricultural 7 Role of Ox 7 Types of corps 7 Herd Raising 8 Commerce 8 Unit 8 Money 8 Occupation 9 Trading 10 Banking 11 Forms of contract 11 E. Sociological Aspect 11 Social Structure 11 Social Class 12 F. Appendix: The Code of Humurrabi 14 Introduction Background Hammurabi is amongst the famous rulers in the Ancient Babylon. The discovery of the Hammurabi Code and the legal principle it has on the western legal system is vital in many respect. In fact, scrutinizing the code in details reveals a lot of legal principles tablete I the code is still widely adopted in many cotinential legal...

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