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What type of leader did hammurabi want to be seen as?

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The lasting contribution of Hammurabi on Babylonian society was his set of laws written on twelve stones and displayed publicly for all to see, the most common being, "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth." The laws are commonly known as Hammurabi's Code.
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Hammurabi wanted to be seen as the king that responsible for administering justice on behalf of the gods, who had established law and order in the universe. In order to realize his vision, Hammurabi created the codex of hammurabi, which forced all of his citizen to pay their crimes on an equal amount from the damage that they made from the crime
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