PPT-Hammurabi

Essential Question Who is Hammurabi and how did he impact civilization Who is Hammurabi King of Babylon from 17921750 BC BabylonNorth of Sumer on Euphrates R How did Hammurabi impact civilization. Mesopotamia. Akkadian. Empire. Sumerian city-states wanted wealth from controlling land and and water . Often at war with each other. Leader . Sargon. from enemy army conquered Sumer (2350 BC). First empire – vast lands and people under his control. Hammurabi was a Mesopotamian king who recorded a system of laws called the Code of Hammurabi. . . He . ordered 282 laws engraved in stone and placed in a public location for everyone to see. . The Code of Hammurabi Mesopotamia. Geography . Land. Deserts, Mountains, Rivers, Seas. Not isolated by natural barriers. Waves of tribes built empires . Crossroads of World. Rivers. Tigris & Euphrates. Floods often, not predictable (March-June) size varies. Do Now #11. Hammurabi’s Code:. is known as the first set of laws.. Were these laws fair in your opinion? (Use examples) Could you live in a society that had to follow these laws?. Reminder: fingers cut off, put to death, hair shaved, eye for an eye . The Two Empires of Mesopotamia. After the Sumerians were defeated, Mesopotamia had two main . empires. : Babylonia and Assyria. An empire is an area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government.. Hammurabi. King Hammurabi. King of Ancient Babylonia. About 1800 B.C.E.. During his rule, Babylon became the most important city in Mesopotamia. Became the city’s greatest monarch of the empire. He was a brilliant war leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into his Babylonian Empire. Calisthenics. :. Take 5 minutes to review for your QUIZ!. Homework: NONE! ENJOY YOUR TUESDAY!. Calisthenics. “An Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. ”. What . does that mean. ?. Write 2-3 sentences on what YOU think it means!. Calisthenics:. Take 5 minutes to review for your QUIZ!. Homework: NONE! ENJOY YOUR TUESDAY!. Do Now page 69 IAN. “An Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. ”. What . does that mean. ?. Write 2-3 sentences on what YOU think it means!. – 1760 B.C. Babylonian King; based on an eye for an eye. . First known system of . written laws. . Roman Law. – 450 B.C. – evolved into the Justinian Code – these laws became basis for Canon Law (Roman Catholic Church). Eventually updated by Napoleon (Napoleonic Code).. Introduction:. Civilization. developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.. By . 3,000. B.C., a number of cities are established by the Sumerians.. Role of Environment. Created in a region that . Vocabulary. Fertile Crescent. City-state. Dynasty. Cultural diffusion. Polytheism. Cuneiform. MESOPOTAMIA. River Valley Civilizations. All early river civilizations are located in River Valleys. “Mesopotamia” means land between rivers. Akkadian. Empire-fractured-Babylonian Empire-fractured-Assyrian Empire-Neo-Babylonian- Persian invasion. The . Akkadian. Empire. For 1,500 years, Sumer was a land of independent city-states. Lack of unity, left them open for attacks.. In a group of city-states, each city-state is independent and rules by its own king.. No central power controlled all of the city-states.. In an empire, consisting of a nation and the city-states and nations it has conquered, one ruler is in control.. If any one accuses another of murder but cannot prove it, then the accuser shall be put to death. . If a free person puts out the eye of another free person, that person's eye shall be put out.. If a free person breaks the bone of another free person, that person's bone shall be broken..