Why is hammurabi's code important? a. it was the first time any rules or society attempted to use written law that applied to everyone. b. it was a major step forward for civilization because it protected the weak from the strong. c. hammurabi based his code of law on the religious principles of the sumerians. d. many of the laws in use today come from hammurabi's code.

A. It was the first time any rules or society attempted to use written law that applied to everyone.

A. All other laws written before were specific to certain people. and many written laws were completely forgotten!

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

the answer to your question is:

strong-mayor system