Aim Understanding Hammurabis Code Sumerian Belief System Based

Aim: Understanding Hammurabi’s Code

Sumerian Belief System Based on a concept of Polytheism: n Belief in more than one god n To honor the gods, Sumerians built Ziggurats and offered sacrifices of animals, food, and wine n

Empires Come Out of Sumer n Sargon of Akkad Defeated Sumer n Created first empire n Land with different territories and people under single rule n n Babylonian Empire

Rise Of Babylon n City Located on Euphrates 1792 BCE- Hammurabi becomes Babylonian King n n Hammurabi n Brilliant war leader Brought all of Mesopotamia under his empire n n Best known for his code of laws

Hammurabi’s Code n Hammurabi’s Code Set of 282 laws n Dealt with every part of life n Each crime brought specific penalty. n n “Eye For An Eye” Didn’t matter what status you were n Penalties were same for everyone n Law 196: “If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. ” n

Hammurabi’s Code Law 197: If he break another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken. n 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. n 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. n Law 221: If a physician heal the broken bone or diseased soft part of a man, the patient shall pay the physician five n

Assignment n. Students will work in groups of 2. Students will come up with a series of rules that would apply for both students and teachers. n Next to each rule, students should identify a reasonable consequence for a violation of that rule. n n. Student will put this information on a small poster and be creative with it (colorful).