Answer: Gods above us, all thanks to Hammurabi.
Explanation: We should remember/know that Hammurabi bringed with him a polyteist system of religion. Which means that there were several of Gods in the Babylonian empire. All of them were considered ruthless, evil, cruel. Centuries in the past there were religions that cast th existence of one single God, on solo. And their lifestyle were very radical in terms of religion. Now just try to imagine the human value that Babylonians had on their own...