Based on Hammurabi’s Code of Law, Babylonian society was specialized and advanced but also unfair. In Hammurabi’s Code of Law, Hammurabi presents codes that show how Babylonian society was patriarchal and relied on social hierarchies. The code, “If the slave of a [free] man strikes the cheek of a free man, they shall cut off his ear” shows how punishment depends on your rank in the social hierarchy, because “If [a man] puts out the eye of a [free] man’s slave or breaks the bone of a [free] man’s slave, he shall pay half his price.” This is saying that if slaves violate free men, then slaves have their ears cut off. However, if free men violate slaves, then they only pay half the price. Hammurabi also portrays a patriarchal society through his laws. According to his code, “If the husband of a married lady has accused her but she is not caught lying with another man, she shall take an oath by the life of a god and return to her house.” This is unfair because men were allowed to sleep with other women and were not allowed to be questioned by their wives. Men were also able to divorce women, but women were not allowed to divorce a man. On the other hand, Babylonian society was also advanced. There was job specialization and a form of money and currency in which merchants traded. There were also concepts of taxing and collecting interests. Thus, although Babylonian society was developed and functional, it did have its drawbacks of having patriarchal ideals and social hierarchies.