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Warm-Up #6 9/1/16
In the warm-Up section of your journals answer
the following questions in complete sentences.
(No you do no have to write the question)
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Do you think that communities need laws? Why or why
not?
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What should be the main purpose of laws: to promote
good behavior or to punish bad? Explain
The First Empire
Builders
(Mesopotamia)
Sargon of Akkad
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From 3000 to 2000 B.C., the City-States of Sumer were
almost constantly at war with one another.
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In 2350 B.C a conqueror named Sargon defeated the
Sumerian city-states of Sumer. The Akkadians had already
adopted Sumerian culture, and by taking control of both
northern and southern Mesopotamia they created the first
empire
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An Empire is a political unit in which a number of
people or countries are controlled by a single ruler.
Babylonian Empire
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In about 2000 B.C, nomadic warriors known as Amorites
invaded Mesopotamia. Gradually the Amorites
overwhelmed the Sumerians and established their capital
of Babylon, on the Euphrates river.
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Hammurabi, a Babylonian emperor created what is known
as the Hammurabi code- a set of laws dealing with civil
and criminal matters
The code of Hammurabi
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Hammurabi collected existing rules, judgements, and laws
to create the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi had the
Code engraved in stone, and copies were placed all over
his empire.
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The code listed 282 specific laws dealing with:
•
Family relations
•
Business conduct
•
Crime
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Although the code applied to everyone it set different
punishments for rich and poor and for men and women.
Hammurabi Code Activity
On a separate sheet of paper.
(not in your Journals)
 Answer
the Phase two questions in your
Hammurabi code handout, with a partner.
You do not have to write the questions, Just
answer in complete sentences!