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Hammurabi’s Code

Hammurabi’s Code. 1700s BCE. Evaluation of Evidence. We must evaluate all evidence To evaluate evidence, we ask: Why is a document useful? What are its limitations? What other information do we need?. Who was Hammurabi?. Member of the Amorite dynasty King of Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE

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Hammurabi’s Code

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  1. Hammurabi’s Code 1700s BCE

  2. Evaluation of Evidence • We must evaluate all evidence • To evaluate evidence, we ask: • Why is a document useful? • What are its limitations? • What other information do we need?

  3. Who was Hammurabi? • Member of the Amorite dynasty • King of Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE • United all of Mesopotamia under the Babylonian Empire Relief of Hammurabi and the god Shamash

  4. Hammurabi’s Code • Laws for Babylonian society • Tool to unify expanding empire • “That the strong might not injure the weak” • Allowed everyone to know the rules

  5. What does it look like?

  6. Loss and Unearthing

  7. What can we learn about Babylonia from Hammurabi’s Code? Central Historical Question

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