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…

• 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• Page 69 of IAN

– 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.

– If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.

– 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.

– 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.

– If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.

– If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.

– If a man strike a free-born woman so that she lose her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.

– 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.

– If a slave says to his master: "You are not my master," if they convict him his master shall cut off his ear.