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Aim:
Understanding
Hammurabi’s Code
Sumerian Belief System
Based on a concept of
Polytheism:
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Belief in more than one god
To honor the gods,
Sumerians built Ziggurats and
offered sacrifices of animals,
food, and wine
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Empires Come Out of Sumer
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Sargon of Akkad
Defeated Sumer
 Created first empire
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Land with different territories
and people under single rule
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Babylonian Empire
Rise Of Babylon
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City Located on Euphrates
1792 BCE- Hammurabi
becomes Babylonian King
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Hammurabi
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Brilliant war leader
Brought all of Mesopotamia under
his empire
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Best known for his code of laws
Hammurabi’s Code
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Hammurabi’s Code
Set of 282 laws
 Dealt with every part of life
 Each crime brought specific
penalty.
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“Eye For An Eye”
Didn’t matter what status you were
 Penalties were same for everyone
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Law 196: “If a man put out the eye of
another man, his eye shall be put out.”
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Hammurabi’s Code
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Law 197: If he break another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken.
Law 198: If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed
man, he shall pay one gold mina.
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Law 199: If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or break the bone of a man’s
slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.
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Law 221: If a physician heal the broken bone or diseased soft part of a
man, the patient shall pay the physician five shelkels of money.
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Assignment
Students
will work in groups of 2.
Students will come up with a series of rules that
would apply for both students and teachers.
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Next to each rule, students should identify a
reasonable consequence for a violation of that
rule.
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Student
will put this information on a small
poster and be creative with it (colorful).