EFFECT ON MESOPOTAMIA AND SOCIETY
The code had a lasting effect on Mesopotamia and society. With the amount of new-found diversity and with Hammurabi being the new leader of Mesopotamia, he most likely felt the need to stabilize the territory and create order. This could also have been seen as a win-win situation, because while Hammurabi was creating order he most likely gained the respect of his people as well. The code had a lasting effect on society because it set the basis for many legal systems seen all around the world back in that time period and also in society today. Also, one online source states, “This concept lives on in most modern legal systems and has given rise to the term written in stone” (Newworldencyclopedia.org). This reveals that this encounter still has an effect today.