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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privilege and full civil rights. However‚ with those rights were bestowed higher monetary burdens and harsher punishments should laws be broken. This class belonged to the King and officials to the court. In the document titled‚ The Law Code of Hammurabi (Strayer‚ p. 120)‚ under the heading On Class and Slavery‚ the differences of consequences among the classes were notable. An example being‚ how the punishment for “putting the eye out of another man” would be subject to whom committed the crime
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pictographs and is written on clay tablets. “Mesopotamia developed world’s first known writing‚ Cuneiform.” Such evidence is found in document 1. The world’s first written laws were created in Mesopotamia by the king‚ Hammurabi. These sets of laws were called the Code of Hammurabi. The covered everything that affected the civilization of Mesopotamia. In document 2‚ it states that “If a man destroys another man’s eye‚ then his eye shall be destroyed. If a son strikes his father‚ they shall cut off
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classes range from the Brahman which are the highest ranked people within the society‚ to the Shuda which are the least ranked and known to be the servants of the upper classes. This inequality amongst the peoples is very similar to the "Code of Hammurabi" where there are normal citizens and slaves‚ the Code establishes lesser punishments for citizens which victimize slaves compared if they were to do the same to another
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The sun was so bright it woke me up. The window next to me brought in cool wind. The king died from one of the many rules of the great and deiced Hammurabi. I thought Hammurabi made these rules were made to protect the weak. Now because of that our kind king has died because of his selflessness. Why did he have to leave us so soon? A warm tear escaped my eye and rolled down my cheek. He was trying to protect an innocent widow. The traveler refused to back down and they started to fight. He accidently
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that introduced the code of Hammurabi‚ while India lacking any form of bureaucracy followed a stringent caste system that has evolved and a form of it still used today. There were multiple attempts for conduct and law in Mesopotamia‚ but none took hold until Babylon. Babylon is where the code of the Hammurabi was introduced however they were known for much more than they’re of social laws like‚ Mathematics‚ astronomy and literature (aqrobatq‚ 2015). The Code of Hammurabi is better known to us today
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southern Syria‚ and southern Lebanon.|Free religion| Babylonians |Highly-developed court system. One of its greatest rulers‚ Hammurabi‚ developed a code of laws that is now known as Hammurabi’s Code. This major collection of laws gives insight into the social structure and economic organization of the civilization.|18th Century BCE until the 6th Century BCE.|King Hammurabi|South of modern Baghdad‚ Iraq‚ between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.|Slavery | Persians |Common set of weights and measures
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Why is Mesopotamia interesting? Mesopotamia is interesting because of it’s weather and climate. Mesopotamia’s Weather is semiarid and hot but the climate is extremely fertile perfect for growing crops. The geography of Mesopotamia has a lot of wood and water and other resources for use. Mesopotamia has a lot of climate resources and geography resources that need to be studied. Mesopotamian’s had a lot beautiful trees‚ plants‚ and flowers also Mesopotamian’s climate was interesting because of it
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although some geometric types have been found. Different castes had different types of seal‚ to limit trading options. As for law‚ the Hittites had overthrown the Babylonians and had inherited the Code of Hammurabi. However‚ they formulated a set of laws which were much more humane that that of Hammurabi. Like the U.S.‚ capital and corporeal punishments were strictly limited to just a few situations‚ and specific payments were substituted instead. A crime of theft or damage was punished with compensation
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The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code‚ dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king‚ Hammurabi‚ enacted the code‚ and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 282 laws‚ with scaled punishments‚ adjusting "an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth" (lex talionis)[1] as graded depending on social status‚ of slave versus free man.[2]
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