Similarities of Religous Documents

A society that consists of complex organization is defined as a civilization. A civilization is made up of different factors, including government, religion, and culture. Through these factors evolved a set of principles for the people to live by. These were called codes of conduct. Through the examination of the Judgments of Hammurabi, the Egyptian "Negative Confessions," and the Ten Commandments, inferences will be drawn to explain the reasoning that may have promoted their creation …

…is to take the private belongings of their neighbor, including their field. (Andrea, 59) The similarities that lie among the codes are remarkable. As a result, these codes of conducts have been adopted by modern civilization. Some countries in the middle east have prevalent Hammurabi’s code a “tooth for a tooth”. (Andrea, 15). The Ten Commandments still exist in religions such as Catholicism. Some of the Negative Confessions are still used as guidelines into the afterlife.