Both the Egyptian Creation Myth and Hammurabi’s Code of Law are important to their cultures of origin, however, they are seemingly very different.  Discuss the similarities and differences found in the readings.  What did each of the texts do for culture then?  How do each of the readings impact society today, if at all?

The post must be a minimum of 500 words

Texts:

Code of Hammurabi: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

Myth 1: http://www.bigmyth.com/download/EGYPTIAN_CREATION.pdf

Myth 2: https://www.laits.utexas.edu/cairo/teachers/osiris.pdf