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The character of a civilization that had the most influence on the Mesopotamian society was the Government.Government impacted the Mesopotaminan society by having many laws they have to follow. Another reason the Government impacted the Mesopotamian society was unfair ways of life.

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” This was a set of 282 laws that were carved into stones and placed in public areas so that everyone could see them.

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"It is important because it created a set of rules that helped to govern a civilization while trying to protect people even if they had little political power.”

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This is showing how many laws they had to follow and that Hammurabi had to make sure that everyone knew these laws. Also, he had to make sure everyone knew his laws, so he could be running Mesopotamia under his laws/rules.Again, placing these stones outside in public areas allowed everyone to know the punishments for the crime they the committed.

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One can see from this why we needed to govern a civilization and also that they were all trying to protect everyone.Before these 282 laws were set in place people could do whatever they wanted. But now that we have the rules everyone is protected even if they aren’t of a higher power.

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"The Code of Hammurabi was meant to ensure that people would fix the harm they caused. However, people were treated differently based on their social class. The Code was one of the earliest examples of the presumption of innocence, and in some ways, it seemed fair."

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Government is the least important element for a civilization to thrive. Government is the least important because you can have anyone of a higher power create the same laws or things as a government. According to Elements of a civilization: social structure,”While the Code of Hammurabi was supposed to make society more fair and just, it ultimately created more inequity. It clearly favored men and the upper class. This official set of laws has certainly had a long-lasting effect, as gender inequality remains a problem today in most parts of the world.” This shows how the government is the least important to a civilization because the laws were unfair to the different class levels. Also, these sets of laws are also unfair to gender and the punishments would last for a long time after they accrued.

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This piece of evidence is showing that these set of laws were meant to fix people's mistakes that they made. This is also showing how the laws seemed to fair and how the punishments were different based of of their social class. Also, showing that no matter the class you are in you had to follow these rules or else you could be killed.