Do Hammurabi’s laws still exist today in the modern world? Hammurabi has created so many laws that include death, some sort of amputation of a body part, or something that was painful. Majority of those laws were really useful to him so Hammurabi could keep everything under control in Mesopotamia, but now in the modern day world do we really need all these painful and crustal laws? Who was Hammurabi and what kind of laws did he create? Hammurabi was a Babylonian king from 1894-1595 B.C. He was an outstanding ruler in Central Mesopotamia of early antiquity, he is especially known as a lawgiver. He was the 6th ruler of the amortize dynasty. In 1894 B.C Hammurabi inherited a kingdom of moderate size, one of a number of Mesopotamian city-states. Hammurabi was the author of the code that bears his name. (Gale d. , 2014)Some codes and laws published by Hammurabi deal with a variety of subjects, marriage, inheritance, slavery, and debt. And although he was concerned with keeping stuff in order in his kingdom, this was not his only reason for making these laws. In the prologue to Hammurabi's codes, the king declared his desire to “establish justice.” and at the end he declared that through his enactments, “the strong shall not injure the weak, and the orphans and widows shall receive justice.” Although this was not a new concept earlier compilations of laws are known as Hammurabi. Yet they stand out as one of the great humanitarian figures of history. (Gale d. , 2014) Hammurabi had 282 laws and they were about justice, which Hammurabi the wise king established, “Hammurabi is a ruler, who is a father to his subjects, who holds the words of Marduk, in reverence, who had achieved conquest for Marduk over the north and south. Who rejoices the heart of Marduk, his lord, who has bestowed benefits for ever and ever on his subjects, and has established order in the land.” Hammurabi's laws were quite reasonable and fair, but not for mod