SNAPSHOT: “Empire Building in the Classical World” SPEC Sheet for Akkad and Babylon (pg. 56-58) Social Code of Hammurabi: System of strict justice 1 of earliest written law code Parents arrange marriage for children 2 parties sign marriage contract Mesopotamia was patriarchal (men dominate society) Women had fewer rights Men could divorce women if they don’t meet expectations Wife who neglects responsibilities/humiliates husband could be drowned Political Sargon: leader of Akkadians 2340 B.C
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and differences in the social stratification between the societies‚ however. Social classes were based on different aspects of ranking‚ and the treatment of women as part of the society varied. A similarity in both organizations of people was the patriarchal way of society. There is no doubt these relationships affected the way the classes interacted. Starting with the first difference‚ in Mesopotamia‚ social classes were based on your job and wealth. Increasingly specialized labor and long distance
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development the roles of women have be markedly transformed. Looking back‚ three distinct points in time mark a transitional shift in female roles: the Code of Hammurabi‚ Spartan society‚ and the renaissance revival in education. Beginning in the ancient near east‚ the earliest accounts of women in society come to us from the Code of Hammurabi. Used as a guideline for society‚ the code candidly depicts daily life in ancient Babylon‚ defining among many things the roles of men and women. From the very
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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 dowries‚ the bride prices paid for women‚ and laws involving divorce can happen. These laws
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child would be killed. Female children had it even worse due to them not being able to get anything from the father if he died and they depended on the father a lot more than the males did. 5. Mesopotamian society has been characterized as a patriarchal (dominated by male heads of households) society. Does the evidence in this collection of decisions tend to support or refute that judgment? The evidence supports this judgment due to all of the rules favoring men more. An example of this is if
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points Question 4 A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B.C.E. by Answer | | Nebuchadnezzar | | | Ashurbanipal | | | Solomon | | | Sargon | | | Hammurabi | 1 points Question 5 The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was Answer | | Hammurabi | | | Moses | | | Sargon of Akkad | | | Gilgamesh | | | Nebuchadnezzar | 1 points Question 6 Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could
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Mesopotamian villages and towns eventually evolved into independent and nearly self-sufficient city-states. Although largely economically dependent on one another‚ these city-states were independent political entities and retained very strong isolationist tendencies. This isolationism hindered the unification of the Mesopotamian city-states‚ which eventually grew to twelve in number. By 3000 B.C.‚ Mesopotamian civilization had made contact with other cultures of the Fertile Crescent (a term first
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After the Agricultural Revolution‚ the rise of civilizations scattered around the world‚ each one having various features that formed from their people and the land. Two civilizations that honed similarities and differences‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ grew and adapted alongside river valleys—the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Nile respectively. Both civilizations turned to control and unify their people through ideas of class hierarchy and kingship. However‚ Mesopotamian life differed from Egyptian
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complex society developed in Southern Mesopotamia 5. A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid is known as a ziggurat 6. After 3000 BCE all Sumerian cities were ruled by monarchies 7. The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was Sargon of Akkad 8. Hammurabi believed that the gods had chosen him to "promote the welfare of the people" 9. Hammurabi’s code was based on the concept of lex LEX TALIONIS‚ which was shaped by social standing 10. THe Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 BCE to the Hittites
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Dominance In society humans use stratification to organize groups of people. In doing so they are creating what is known as a social hierarchy. Social hierarchies show one of the ways humans achieve asserting dominance over others. Wanting to assert dominance over others and be “above them” is human nature‚ whether it is asserting dominance over the opposite sex or one society over another. In history the human nature of asserting dominance over the opposite sex happens quite often. In
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