Objective: SWBAT identify the
development of Hammurabi's
Code.
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!
HW: Complete Cornell Summary
Government
• The leadership in a society.
Informal Government
• Informal government govern over families and
small groups.
• Informal governments are smaller
Formal Government
• Formal governments govern countries, cities,
and states.
• Formal governments are
larger
• The early humans had an Informal
Government
As time goes on……..people become more
civilized and form Civilizations
The first civilization- SUMER, was the first
transition to a Formal Government. They had
kings, emperors, empires and governors.
COOL!
What is a Empire?
• An empire brings together many different
lands and peoples under one Ruler.
What is A Law Code?
• A Law code is a written set of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
• The goal of Hammurabi’s code was to provide
justice for all people.
• Justice means FAIR treatment.
• He felt the law should apply to everyone, NOT
just a few people.
Read up on the code independently…
• http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM
Why was Hammurabi’s Code SO
important?
Now everyone in my
empire will know the
laws and punishments
for their actions!
Yea…maybe people will
start following the laws
because they are in
writing.
• Hammurabi’s code was placed
right outside of his kingdom
for EVERYONE to see.
• This made them Public for
EVERYONE to see.
• He knew it was important for
everyone to know the laws
and punishments before they
broke them.
The Babylonian Empire Fell or
Collapsed
• Another Empire (a large amount of lands under
one ruler) came to power
• These were the ASSYRIANS!
– Assyrians were very war based
– They used latest inventions for war – iron swords, iron
tipped spears
– They governed lands by using a Governor to rule each
one. Governors had to send tributes to the Assyrian
Emperor.
Then the Assyrians Fell…
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The Chaldeans came into power
Their king was Nebuchadnezzar II
Re-built Babylon
Hanging Gardens
Then the Chaldeans fall…
• The powerful Persian King Cyrus the Great
founded the Persian Empire
Exit Ticket
• In Hammurabi’s code, an eye for an eye, tooth
for a tooth, and a life for a lie meant that
– A. the punishment had to fit the crime
– B. a person could lose an eye for stealing a bag of
grain
– C. the code was harsh and unfair
– D. the laws only covered crimes involving bodily
harm.
Exit Ticket
• Why was it important that Hammurabi had his
code written down on a slab of stone outside of a
temple?
– A. It was important that temple priests follow the laws
– B. paper had not been invented yet so carving was the
only way
– C. anyone could change the laws by adding to or
rewriting them
– D. the laws were public so people would know and
follow them.
Exit Ticket
• The goal of Hammurabi’s law was to provide….
– A. harsh punishments for all criminals
– B. justice for all people
– C. light punishments for members of the upper
class
– D. justice for only some people in society
Homework
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Page 69 of IAN
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Create two laws and two punishments in the style of Hammurabi’s Code
Examples of his law code: If any one finds runaway male or female slaves in the open country and bring them to their
masters, the master of the slaves shall pay him two shekels of silver.
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If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.
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If a tavern-keeper (feminine) does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of a drink, but takes money, and
the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.
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If a son of a paramour or a prostitute say to his adoptive father or mother: "You are not my father, or my mother," his
tongue shall be cut off.
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If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.
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If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.
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If a man strike a free-born woman so that she lose her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.
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If a barber, without the knowledge of his master, cut the sign of a slave on a slave not to be sold, the hands of this barber
shall be cut off.
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If a slave says to his master: "You are not my master," if they convict him his master shall cut off his ear.