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Chapter 3
Hammurabi's code and the creation of writing
BY SHIMON, ZEEKE, VICTOR AND YOEL
Eye for eye
Eye for an eye is a phrase , which means if you do something for example ,you take out somebody’s eye they take out your eye out in return.
What happened when there was no proof for a case
For the codes that they cant prove they had a court system.
What laws still survived today?
One law that there was is minimum wage
The minimum wage was 8 gurs of corn per year
What is Hammurabi's code?
His code is a set of 282 laws.He made them because of they were
written down then they are more official.
Who was Hammurabi ?
he ruled the Babylonian empire from 1792 -50b.c.e
He was the 6th king of the city.
Who found the code?
A French archeologist found it in 1901.
The art of writing
By Shimon and zeeke
Mesopotamia
Writing was made in Mesopotamia in about 3500 b.c
In Mesopotamia clay was most written on material.
Scribes
Scribes were very important back them.Scribes had important jobs.
Stuff they wrote on
Postcards were used for personal messages.
Pictures were the first type of writing.As time went on writing got more
advanced.
hieroglyphics in Egypt
Most of the important hieroglyphics were in temple's or in tombs.
Hieroglyphics were made by painters and sculptors.
Lost and found
When the Rosetta stone was found hieroglyphics was rediscovered.
credits
Jacobs, Heidi Hayes., Brenda Randolph, and Michal L. LeVasseur. Prentice Hall World Explorer. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 1998. Print. "HISTORY OF WRITING." HISTORY OF WRITING. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. "History of Writing." History of Writing. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.
More credits.
"Hammurabi's Code: An Eye for an Eye." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015.
"Hammurabi." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d.
Web. 21 Sept. 2015. Jacobs, Heidi Hayes., Brenda Randolph, and Michal
LeVasseur. Ancient World. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print. "8 Things You May Not Know About Hammurabi's Code." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.
Sept. 2015.
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