The Epic of Gilgamesh Questions for Analysis #1-6 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? 2. What is the message of Siduri’s advice to Gilgamesh? 3. Consider Utnapishtim’s initial response to Gilgamesh’s request for the secret of eternal life. How does his message complement what Siduri has said? 4. Consider the story of Utnapishtim. What do the various actions of the gods and goddesses allow us to infer about how the Mesopotamians viewed their deities? 5. According to the epic
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city-states. The Mesopotamian people had a hard time keeping their behavior under control because of the strict laws. They believed in The Law Code of Hammurabi‚ which contained harsh rules such as “If the ‘finger is pointed’ at a man’s wife about another man‚ but she is not caught sleeping with the other man‚ she shall jump into the river for her husband” (Hammurabi 97). These unreasonable laws are not resolved by whether or not a person is in the wrong but simply because of
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A Scribal Exercise Book - Egypt 1. According to the teacher‚ what attributes do all nonscribal trades share? According to the teacher‚ the entire nonscribal trades share attributes of having rough hands‚ have more muscle and typically being dirty due to clay or dirt coming in contact with their skin frequently. 2. Most of Egypt’s peasants were free. Taking the obvious exaggeration into account‚ what does this text suggest about the lives of these peasants? Peasant’s lives consisted of usually
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in 1686 BCE to bring order‚ retribution‚ and "justice" to the Babylonian society. There are 282 laws that were supposed to protect the poor from the wealthy; the weak from the strong‚ and other inequalities. However‚ some of the laws enacted by Hammurabi showed strong gender bias. They were considered to be family laws‚ but in many considerations were laws to control women. Some of the laws in the code gave women protection from patriarchal rule‚ such as laws placing restrictions on the use of women’s
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laws were the harshest. Their most known and powerful ruler‚ Hammurabi lived by‚ “An eye for an eye.” The King passed a law‚ and everyone was expected to learn it and obey it. If you broke the law‚ you would be punished. The punishment was set for each violation. For example‚ if you stole something‚ you would be punished according to what you stole. Hammurabi also established a set of laws that is today called the Code of Hammurabi. This was a system of harsh laws divided into groupings such
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Revenge or Justice? by: Tiffany Efni Death penalty‚ or also known as the capital punishment‚ is one of the most debated topics in the judicial system of the world. It has existed long before 2500 BC‚ when Hammurabi (Mesopotamia civilization) created the first written law called ‘Codex Hammurabi’. The principal of the codex is generally ‘eye for an eye‚ tooth for a tooth’. At that time‚ it was most likely if a person committed a capital crime‚ such as murder or theft‚ they were executed to maintain
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Early civilizations Prehistory: The period of time before written records Neanderthal: A group of early people who were classified as Homo Sapiens (wise human being) Their remains are between 100‚000 and 30‚000 years ago They were the first people to burry their dead Homo sapien sapien The group of people that replace Neanderthal‚ includes us Begin to spread out and populated the earth Paleolithic “ old stone” Age 2.5 million to 10 thousand B.C Sometimes called the old stone age People
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Throughout history many civilizations have made great advancements among their own societies. From the Mesopotamians and ancient Egyptians to the Mycenaeans‚ many developments by these peoples have contributed to their places in our history books. Developments such as writing‚ agriculture‚ military‚ and transportation vehicles have come from these civilizations‚ but perhaps the two most significant developments of these ancient societies are metallurgy and organized religion. The development of
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social classes. Egyptians ruled by Theocracy‚ where the “state [is] ruled by a god or by the god’s representative.” (Sayre 73)‚ usually under the direction of the Sun God‚ Re. Much the same‚ the Babylonian king Hammurabi had made strict laws for his people to follow‚ considering Hammurabi believed he was a “descent from the gods and his status as their favorite…” (Sayre 46)‚ he wanted to give the people a sense of his power. For these reasons‚ they were held in a higher position to the lower classes
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Review ****You will also be given a series of maps‚ charts‚ graphs‚ etc) Terms/names bronze Neolithic Revolution civilization Homo erectus Catal Huyuk culture Neanderthal cuneiform Ur trade Fertile Crescent pharaoh Polytheism Shang Hammurabi loess Indus Valley dynasty Hieroglyphics pictographs the Royal Road Hyksos Babylon Legalism Confucianism Great Wall of China Kush Assyria Meroe Persia Demosthenes Dorians Mycenaeans Rhodes phalanx Peloponnesian Euclid Alexander classical
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