Discuss what the Law Code of Hammurabi tells us about family relations and class division in Mesopotamian society
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
• As it appears on the stele, the Law Code of Hammurabi is a record of decisions and decrees made by Hammurabi over the course of 40 years of his reign.
• Included was the principle of talion (an eye for an eye).
• The code reinforced the legal interpretation of gender roles, in which women were subject to men, as though they were slaves.
• The greatest concern was the maintenance and protection of the family.
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