After reading portions of the Law Code of Hammurabi, what does the document reveal about the power structure of ancient Mesopotamian society? What specific insights can you make into who held power and how society was ordered in Hammurabi’s empire based upon a reading of his law code? You can consider issues of class, gender, occupation, economy, religion, and anything else you think is relevant to the question of power in Mesopotamian society. Your essay can focus on one aspect of power or several.