Why was hammurabi‘s code written? how does hammurabi‘s code differ from laws today? upon what is hammurabi’s code based? why was the 10 commandments written? how does the 10 commandments differ from laws today? upon what is the 10 commandments based?

Hammurabi's code was written because King Hammurabi's expansion in power and territory demanded a unification of the groups he controlled. To achieve this, a universal set of laws was needed, so he gathered his kingdom's existing laws through his legal experts. Such laws were revised and changed or removed, and a final list of 282 laws was compiled.

Hammurabi's code differ from laws today in different ways. Some examples include:

Hammurabi's code is based on revenge: "An eye for an eye" .

After the Exodus from Egypt, Israel wrote the Ten Commandments. These were written to set ethical and worship principles, and play a key role in Judaism and Christianity.

The 10 Commandments are moral laws under which America's present law was produced. The main difference between both is that the 10 Commandments are not constitutional, since they go against the most significant right in the Constitution: the right to belive in whatever one chooses.

The 10 Commandments are based upon ten principles:

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