early documents

First of all I love reading about Mesopotamia!  Second, reading about the early societies through primary sources is that much better!  I understand that there are strengths and weaknesses of these primary sources, but they are still very interesting and entertaining to read!  I like reading about these peoples' outlook on there lives, yet it saddens me that I am only getting the perspective of the people in higher positions in society.  How did the poor view their society?  Because mostly only higher ranking poeple learned to write, we miss out on different class perspectives.  I enjoy reading the laws because it has a major strength!  These laws were the laws for the rich and the poor.  It is no ones opinion, It is a written statement of how things were delt with!  I think these laws are very interesting to read about.  I mean, what if our societies today still had laws like these?  One of the laws literally states "eye for an eye".  If you hurt someones eye, you get your eye hurt!  It is very wierd to think about that being a law.