How can you compare Hammurabi’s time period to todays?

There are a number of ways in which Hammurabi's Babylon can be compared to today's society. Hammurabi created one of the earliest known systems of laws. While the laws themselves are very different than what we have in today's legal system, his preoccupation with a codified system of laws was not. Like today's laws, Hammurabi's Code set punishments for certain crimes. A significant difference between our legal system and Hammurabi's is that Babylon was a much smaller and less complicated society. Therefore, its system was much more straightforward than ours and far less nuanced. While payments of indemnity and restitution are common in both Hamurrabi's time and ours, we use incarceration as our most common punishment for crimes. The Babylonians rarely sent convicts to jail.
Many scientific advances were made by the Babylonians. Education was highly valued in Hammurabi's time. He had many schools built, as he saw a connection between learning and the betterment of his kingdom. Educated Babylonians pioneered many astronomic, scientific, and mathematical discoveries. They were marked by having a curiosity about the nature of the universe and how it functioned. Today's scientists and mathematicians continue this work in many ways. Like the Babylonians, our universities and trade schools have specialized programs of study for students preparing for a particular profession.
A major difference between the Babylonians and today's society exists in its overall organization. Hammurabi's world was highly stratified. Nobles, free citizens, and slaves held different roles within the civilization. There was little possibility of movement between these different stratta. Conversely, today's society is premised on the notion that personal achievement can improve one's station.
As two societies separated by nearly 4,000 years, it is difficult to make very many direct connections between the Babylonians and us. Our economies, social structures, and daily lives are vastly different. However, direct comparisons can be made when considering the importance that education, a system of codified laws, and the pursuit of scientific discovery had within both societies.
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