Explain Hammurabi's purpose for writing the Code of Hammurabi.

The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi's Code was carved onto a massive, finger-shaped black stone stele (pillar) that was looted by invaders and finally rediscovered in 1901

Hammurabi pretty much wanted some law and order after what Mesopotamia had been through.