Hammurabi, The Pharaohs Code, And Leaderships

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What was life like prior to civilization? Why did nomadic people not need laws but Mesopotamians did? Was the first code of laws and leaderships the most justifiable way to move a civilization towards a permeant settlement? Before erecting and forever placing society into what it is today, there was no known leaders or true since of morality. Why was the “creation” of a leader needed for a society? Hammurabi, The Pharaohs, and God were the essential leaders that were needed to create, maintain, and enforce their beliefs on their civilizations. By implementing their beliefs society was livable, but was there unprecedented repercussions with their ideology of leadership and civilization? Or was there reward in terms of advancement for a civilizations’ cultural enhancements? When Hammurabi generated his ideas of Code and leadership he generated what he believed was best for the Mesopotamian people. What wasn’t clear to us, is what influenced his thinking. According to history channel the name "Hammu” means family, while rapi, means “great.” Taking that into context we can understand how some of the laws were created by the 6th king of the Babylonian empire. Family, truth, and “equality” was implemented to create the world’s first set of written moral. However by creating “morality” and civilized manner …show more content…

In Egypt the Pharaoh was considered to be the “holy leader” or God of the Egyptian people. We read and understood that his law was never questioned much just like Hammurabi’s law. As people of that time “never chastised the pharaoh for simply doing his job, because he gave the nation his best.” We know he “did” his “job” in promoting peace and prosperity, but what was the Pharaoh’s real job. Was the Pharaoh meant to keep cultures civilized like Hammurabi, or was he created as a symbol of hope and betterment to the people of Egypt? Or was it

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