HOMEWORK FOR 2 OCTOBER YOU MAY BEGIN PREPARING THIS NOW‚ SINCE THERE IS NO HOMEWORK BESIDES TEXTBOOK READING FOR MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER FIRST EXAM REVIEW SHEET In the first few weeks of this course‚ we have surveyed over 25‚000 years of history and prehistory. We have focused on certain elements of culture: 1* Spiritual worldview 2* Expression of this worldview in literature and art 3* Political or social organization We have studied the following civilizations: [Christianity
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Jahaira Alicea Code of Hammurabi In Mesopotamia around 1750 B.C. citizens followed a stern law code that consisted of 282 laws called The Code of Hammurabi. This law code shows that in early Babylonian society they thought the best punishment was an eye for an eye. By setting such law codes they made the punishment so harsh that the person who committed the crime would never think about committing it again. Some people read the Code of Hammurabi and do not agree with it because of the
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An Eye For An Eye!! Henry Ward Beecher once said‚ "It usually takes 100 years to make a law‚ and then‚ after it ’s done its work‚ it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it." There are many societies or cultures that still derive their beliefs or laws from Hammurabi’s ancient code. Hammurabi’s Code‚ is the oldest set of laws to be written‚ or set in stone. This code has 282 laws which was written in order to maintain control over society. It focused on the ground rules for moral behavior‚ family
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Guests of the Sheik: Ethnography of an Iraqi Village Written in the late 1950’s this is ethnography of a small village El Nahra‚ in Iraq. Elizabeth Fernea‚ the author‚ is the new wife of an anthropologist‚ who joins her husband in Iraq to do his graduate work. As an American woman‚ Elizabeth eventually chooses to integrate herself into tribal society by donning the traditional abayah (what we know as a burka)‚ avoiding being seen by unfamiliar men. She lives and eats and works as the women
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Chapter 2 Study Guide 1. What new technology followed agriculture in defining Mesopotamia? Metallurgy 2. Why did the arts develop in Mesopotamia? As celebrations of the priest-kings’ power 3. What were ziggurats most likely designed to resemble? A mountain 4. Why did visitors to the ziggurats often leave a statue representing themselves? To serve as prayer offerings to the Gods. 5. How did the Mesopotamians view human society? As part of a larger society 6. What
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CRITICAL MISSION IN HISTORY: Creating a System of Law INTRODUCTION TO YOUR MISSION For hundreds of years‚ rival city-states have battled for control of the fertile valleys of Mesopotamia. By 2300 BCE‚ Babylon rose in prominence under the rule of Sargon of Akkad‚ as his armies consolidated power into a single empire. Babylon became one of the most important cities in Mesopotamia and home to the beautiful hanging gardens‚ one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In 1792 BCE‚ Hammurabi is crowned
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Hammurabi’s Code Mohandas Gandhi once stated‚ “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.” Although this may be true for modern times‚ it seems that the mighty Babylonian king Hammurabi would laugh at such a statement. His response to Gandhi (had they lived even remotely in the same time era) would probably be something like‚ “Why is my whole kingdom not blind then?” Rewind to about 1772 BC‚ when king Hammurabi established a collection of principles to move his empire in the right direction
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The Epic of Gilgamesh Questions for Analysis #1-6 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? 2. What is the message of Siduri’s advice to Gilgamesh? 3. Consider Utnapishtim’s initial response to Gilgamesh’s request for the secret of eternal life. How does his message complement what Siduri has said? 4. Consider the story of Utnapishtim. What do the various actions of the gods and goddesses allow us to infer about how the Mesopotamians viewed their deities? 5. According to the epic
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The Hammurabi’s Code First of all; Hammurabi was a Mesopotamian king who recorded a system of laws called the Code of Hammurabi. Code of Hammurabi is a set of 282 rules and penalties devised by the Babylonian King‚ Hammurabi. King Hammurabi ruled Babylon‚ placed along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers‚ from 1792–1750 BCE. During his time as king he oversaw a great expansion of his kingdom from a city-state to an empire. He was concerned about keeping order in his kingdom but
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HIST 120 June 17‚ 2013 Chapter 1 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? Life and human fortune was very instable in Mesopotamians’ eyes. People just observed death and afterlife from a distance and some made them into a series of myths. For instance‚ “The Epic of Gilgamesh” expresses its idea on eventual death. No matter how hard Gilgamesh tries to lengthen his life‚ his death is predestined. The Mesopotamians viewed afterlife as an inevitable end. 2. What is the message
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