sculpture b. Freestanding sculpture; Subtractive method c. 5) Ziggurat: a. Human-made mountain to reach the gods b. Originally made of mud brick with wood temple on top c. Site of rituals ad processions (religious theater) d. e. 6) Hammurabi- great ruler that emerged in the early 1700s B.C.E. His capital was Babylon & it became the hub of the world (for a while). Babylonian
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This chapter is about Art of the Ancient Near East. This is a period that began around 2254BCE when Akkadian ruled Naramsin. This period in time begins with cities such as Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Lagash‚ Babylon and Mari‚ Assyria‚ Neo-Babylonia‚ Anatolia‚ and ends with the Persia. The east in terms of art history is one of the most influential regions‚ because it had many civilizations‚ and each civilization had its own art. In Mesopotamia’s agriculture villages emerged around Asia minor and the ancient near
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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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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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Known as one of the earliest civilizations‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt both share set amounts of similarities along with a share of striking distinctions. Environmentally‚ these two civilizations were formed in similar surroundings‚ yet their weather patterns show distinctions. Politically‚ both governments derived from a monarch‚ yet their laws and punishments distinguished the two’s court systems. Economically‚ they both shared prosperous success in similar manners. Socially‚ although the two lands
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live‚ and not try to find it somewhere else. (Or in a power beyond you.) 4.) The epic portrays the gods as awful people‚ they don’t have a great relationship with people‚ and they treat them poorly. Document 2.2 1.) Shown from the Code of Hammurabi‚ one can conclude that they were very adamant about getting what was right. Society was all for it‚ shown in “If a man put out the eye of another man‚ his eye shall be put out.” The economy wasn’t great. If something went wrong‚ the king would take
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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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disappears‚ we are ruled by the whims of men – Tiffany Madison Introduction What does rule of law mean? In laymen terms‚ law should rule‚ people should obey the law. The earliest form of this type of governance could be traced back to 1750 BC. The Hammurabi code‚ popularly known as an ‘eye for an eye’‚ off course it was the most primitive form of law which was used to obtain justice. In a democratic nation especially India‚ our constitution is the supreme law. Although the term rule of law is not used
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