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L.E.G.S Meso

L.E.G.S Meso. By: Sabrina Patriciello AND Katherine Maurno. LAW (L). The Hammurabi’s Code (of laws) was carved in cuneiform . A code of law is a written collection of the laws that apply to the people ruled by one government.

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L.E.G.S Meso

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  1. L.E.G.S Meso By: Sabrina Patriciello AND Katherine Maurno

  2. LAW (L) • The Hammurabi’s Code (of laws) was carved in cuneiform. • A code of law is a written collection of the laws that apply to the people ruled by one government. • The relationship between a crime and a punishment is like a cause/ effect. When you do something you’re not supposed to, a crime, you will get a punishment for your actions. • The Assyrian Empire conquered the Babylonians, and by 600 B.C. The Assyrian empire stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf and North into the area that is modern Turkey.

  3. Empire (E) • Sargon a king of a city state called Kish created the first empire in history in 2300 B.C. • This empire was over 900 miles long and about the same distance from Los Angeles, California to Portland, Oregon. • An empire is a group of lands and people ruled by one government. • The name of the powerful king was Hammurabi. Hammurabi gained control of Mesopotamia by 1750 B.C. Five city-states under Babylonia control are Nineveh, Nimrud, Ur, Asher, and Babylon.

  4. Hammurabi's Code of Laws Why SOO Strict? You see the Mesopotamians were especially concerned about the crimes people committed. They were very anxious to protect their goods. So when someone committed crimes they were very harsh on punishments. When people stole something or was accused of stealing they were harshly punished. They were out to death and buried in the house where they stole from. There was also an “eye for an eye” law. If you put out the eye of a man, your eye shall be put out too. If you ruin the fields of a farmer you must repay him with corn that he lost. The high class people of Mesopotamia were very concerned about losing their possessions to some low class man. It was either you were lazy and did something wrong or you were accused of doing something wrong… the consequences was usually death. Mesopotamians didn’t take anything for granted. They used the Niles goods, it produced them, in many ways. They figured out that the Oil that came from the caster berries, that grew by the Nile, could be used for olive oil (olive oil is a common trading good) Not only did they use the oil as food goods they also used the smell of the oil to keep gnats away

  5. “The Hymn to the Nile!” “Hail to thee, O Nile! Who…comest to give life to Egypt!... He brings the offerings… He is the creator of all good things… He spreads himself over Egypt, Filling the granaries…

  6. Government (G) • The Geographic/political unit of organization in Sumer was the city-state. • A city-state is a self-governing city that allows governs nearby villages. • The king was the ruler of Sumer’s government. • The king ruled the city-state from his kingdom, he operated the army and courts, and he planned cannels and other projects. • Four of the jobs of Hammurabi are that he acted as a Judge by using traditional Sumerian laws to make his legal decisions. He ruled Babylon and he also ordered repair of canals.

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