Unit 3 Lesson 12 Hammurabis Code MATERIALS The

Unit 3 Lesson 12 Hammurabi's Code MATERIALS! “The Human Odyssey”: A single sovereign nation Pages 85 -87 with it’s own rules and laws. Student Pages: 80 -83 A. City-State Open the OLS to UNIT 3 B. Empire LESSON 12 Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

PA STANDARDS and OBJECTIVES 8. 4. 7. A: Summarize the social, political, cultural, and economic contributions of individuals and groups in world history. 8. 4. 7. B: Explain the importance of historical documents, artifacts, and sites which are critical to world history. Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code Identify Hammurabi and his most significant accomplishment. Explain why codification of law is important. Explain the historical significance of Hammurabi's principle that "the strong shall not oppress the weak. " Analyze primary source material to recognize the significance of written law.

Keywords to know Babylon - City-State on the Euphrates Hammurabi - King of Babylon Codification - Arranged or ordered in a systematic way Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

HAMMURABI! Ruled the city-state of Babylon during the 18 th century B. C Babylon was a small city-state but Hammurabi wanted to change that. He became the ruler of a great empire (page 84 of your textbook) As a ruler he was interested in the dayto-day affairs of his people Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

HAMMURABI Assigned officials to rule for him throughout the empire. Assigned tax collectors to get money for his government and projects Built temples and canals Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

Green Check for fair laws Red for harsh, odd, or just plain silly laws If anyone opens his ditches to water his crop, but is careless, and the water floods the field of his neighbor, then he shall pay his neighbor corn for his loss. If a physician kills a patient or cuts out a patient's eye when trying to remove a tumor, the physicians' hands will be cut off. If a man destroys the eye of another man, his eye shall be destroyed. If he breaks the bone of another, his bone shall be broken. Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

Green Check for fair laws Red for harsh, odd, or just plain silly laws If a person steals from a temple or takes goods stolen from the temple, he shall be put to death. If a person accuses another person of a crime, the accused shall go to the river and jump in. If he drowns, the person who accused him may have the accused person's house. If the accused doesn't drown, then the River-God has decided that he is innocent. The person who made the accusation is to be put to death, and the accused hall take his house. Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

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HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE? Hammurabi’s Code adapted and expanded the laws of his conquered lands, Sumer and Akkad. It was a major step forward for civilization because it protected the weak from the strong. He tried to come up with a ruling for every situation that could arise. The first codification of laws Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

SITUATION 1 What should be done to the carpenter who builds a house that falls and kills the owner? What’s your decision? Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

HAMMURABI SAYS…. If a builder builds a house and the house collapses and kills the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death. If the house collapses and kills the owner's son, then the son of the builder shall be put to death Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

SITUATION 2 What happens if a man is unable to pay his debts? What is your decision? Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

HAMMURABI SAYS… If a man be in debt and is unable to pay his creditors, he shall sell his wife, son, or daughter, or bind them over to service. For three years they shall work in the houses of their purchaser or master; in the fourth year they shall be given their freedom. Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

“an eye for an eye, a bone for a bone, a tooth for a tooth” This is the core of what the Code of Hammurabi is about. For every crime, there is an equal punishment. How do you feel about it? Do you think the Code is necessary so people are treated fairly? Do you think the punishments are too harsh? Would you support having the Code or would you be opposed to the Code Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code

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FOLLOWING UP Complete the Unit 3 Lesson 12 Assessment in you OLS Read pages 89 to 94 in The Human Odyssey. On Monday, we will look at Unit 3 Lesson 13: Nebuchadnezzar Builds. Unit 3, lesson 12 - Hammurabi's Code Remember! It’s OK 2 write lik tis in chat or txt, but not OK in assignments to teachers. lol