its nickname was the land between the rivers read on to find out about this place social classes for ex nd class in mesopotamia they have social classes st nd and rd the kings priests and wealthy people were in st class the top the nd class had merchants fishermen etc they don't have wealthy houses like the st class people have last but not least the rd class the rd class had slaves the slaves are for to help and do work for the st and some nd class people king hammurabi king hammurabi ruled a place in mesopotamia called babylonia he was a very tough king he was one of the first kings to write laws for his people but he was the first king to hang his rules laws up in every place in babylonia so if someone breaks the law no one can complain or tell they never noticed or read the laws these laws are called the hammurabi code the hammurabi code the hammurabi code are laws written in stone scientists had found a stone of laws written by a priest that was told to write the laws that king hammurabi said one of the laws are if you kill a father's son in the fire then your son will be killed in the fire too or if you steal something during a fire then you will chop off your hands most of these laws rules protect women and rd class people