<center>Compare and Contrast the writings of Confucius‚ Hammurabi‚ and the book of the dead</center><br><br>Three of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius‚ Hammurabi’s code of laws‚ and Egypt’s Book of the Dead. At first‚ they seem very different‚ they’re from different times‚ regions‚ and religions‚ but they all offer a peek into what values ancient people considered important.<br><br>One of the values that all three civilizations is justice
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Hammurabi Hammurabi lived nearly 4‚000 years ago and was ruler of a kingdom called Babylonia for 42 years. When he was in power‚ he ruled over approximately 1‚000‚000 people. When Hammurabi took power in 1792 B.C.E. he was king of most of Mesopotamia‚ the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In his 38th year of power‚ Hammurabi was instructed by the “god” of justice‚ Shamash‚ to have a Code of Law carved on a stone stele‚ (a large pillar-like stone). Hammurabi had 282 laws (BGE)‚ but the
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Hammurabi’s Code: Just or Unjust? Mesopotamia‚ “the Land between Rivers‚” was one of the greatest civilizations of the world. It flourished around 3000 B.C. on the piece of fertile land‚ now Iraq‚ between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. In 1790 B.C.E.‚ King Hammurabi conquered the neighboring city-states of ancient Mesopotamia‚ creating a Babylonian empire. During his reign‚ Hammurabi established law and order‚ and in about 1790‚ he had about 300 laws governing family‚ criminal punishment‚
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The Judgments of Hammurabi The document about Hammurabi’s Code explains the rules and freedoms the law gives to women of this time period. Hammurabi was chosen as governor of men in order to establish laws for the good of his people. Although he claims to be instituting the best laws for his people‚ he seems to forget the equality of men and women. He declares‚ "to promote the welfare of the people...to cause justice to prevail in the land‚ to destroy the wicked and the evil‚ that the strong might
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Twelve hundred years before the Days of Nebuchadnezzar‚ King Hammurabi of the first Babylonian empire formulated the earliest known set of civil laws. These laws would be applied to every person in his kingdom. The laws would formally define the criminal‚ economic and social order within the empire. The first and most extraordinary example was the Hammurabi’s code which was discovered by Egyptologist‚ Gustave Jequier and Jaques de Morgan in the year 1902 CE‚ during the famous Susa expedition in
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Imagine if Julius Caesar was the president of the United States of America. Andrew Jackson is the closest comparison that could be made to having Caesar as president. His power as a president was great‚ almost rivaling the power of the monarch of Britain. Jackson’s power was so great that he even defied the supreme court. To achieve this power Jackson formed links with the public to get what he wanted and ignored the personal thoughts of his fellow associates and instead relied on the “Kitchen Cabinet”
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WHY WAS THERE A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE? By the 1780’s‚ France was in great trouble. The country was almost bankrupt‚ there was famine and the third estate were becoming frustrated and angry. This created the build up towards revolution. In this essay I will look at the political‚ social and economic situation of France to try and identify why the revolution happened. During this era‚ there were many new political ideas about equality and freedom. This was called ‘The Enlightenment’ and was written
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UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS ACT Section 1 (3) In the case of both contract and tort‚ sections 2 to 7 apply (except where the contrary is stated in section 6(4)) only to business liability‚ that is liability for breach of obligations or duties arising from things done or to be done by a person in the course of a business (whether his own business or another’s)‚ and references to liability are to be read accordingly. Section 2 (1) A person cannot by reference to any contract term or to a notice given
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of Hammurabi During the Babylon‚ the dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and Hammurabi became the most powerful king of Babylon which conquered large portions of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for his law code‚ his stele that presents the law code and other orders. There is a system of crime and punishments outlined on his law code‚ as well as a representation of Hammurabi. If you look closely at the stele‚ it shows that Hammurabi has a close connection with Shamash‚ the sun god (Hammurabi on
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shekels of silver.” A non slave would be paid ten shekels of silver. Isn’t that unfair? Hammurabi was the king of Babylonia in the 18th century B.C.E. He is very important. He wrote one of the world’s oldest sets of laws‚ which now is studied by many people. I feel Hammurabi’s code is unjust because of its Property laws‚ Family laws‚ and Personal-Injury laws. I think the family laws in Hammurabi’s code are unjust. Law 148 states that‚ “If a man has married a wife and a disease has
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