Babylon

Babylon

12/1/2020

Poll

Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

• Apple Pie

• Pumpkin Pie

Mesopotamia Refresher

New Topic

Multiple Choice

Which of these events came first

• Humans begin to settle in villages

• Humans learn to use fire

• Sargon of Akkad builds an empire

• Mr. Sherril's birthday

The Story so Far

• Nomads begin to settle into farming villages (circa 8000 B.C.)

• Farming villages grow into the first cities (circa 3500 B.C.)

• Mesopotamia is filled with dozens of city states (circa 2400 B.C.)

• Sargon of Akkad builds the Akkadian Empire (2350 B.C.)

The First Babylonian Empire

New Topic

Multiple Choice

Which empire was bigger. The Babylonian or the Akkadian empire?

• Babylonian

• Akkadian

Open Ended

What is a Capitol?

The Rise of Babylon

• In about 2000 B.C., the Amorites began to grow in power

• They chose to make their capitol in a city called Babylon

• Capitol: The main city in an empire or state. The capitol is generally where the ruler lives and where the government is centered.

Multiple Choice

What is the capitol of the United States?

• Washington D.C.

• New York

• Albuquerque

• Tokyo

Open Ended

What makes Washington D.C. the capitol?

King Hammurabi

• Hammurabi ruled the empire from 1792 - 1750 B.C.

• Hammurabi expanded the empire to is largest point

• Hammurabi is known for his government organization

• He appointed governors and judges over lands. He also collected taxes from the people.

Hammurabi's Code

• Hammurabi created a laws for the while empire

• These laws were written down for all the people to know

• This was the first instance of laws being written and recorded

from Code of Hammurabi

195. If a son should strike his father, his hand shall be hewn (cut off)

196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

197. If a man break another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken.

202. If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.

Open Ended

Draw some conclusions from the translated laws of the Code of Hammurabi. What do you think are some things Hammurabi valued?

Open Ended

Do you think the innovations of King Hammurabi effect us today? Why or why not?