Apostasy In Early Civilizations

Seekers In any point in time, as human beings, we strive to find meaning in how we organize the world. Early civilizations serve as evidence to what humans are looking for. Laws are created for crime and punishment to sustain peace and maintain order. Relationships and comfort are perused for pleasure and harmony. Lastly, motivated by religion, humans seek to rid the world of apostasy in early civilizations. These factors are what human beings use to organize themselves when living in their societies.
A set of rules are always set in almost every civilization. Today, those set of rules are called laws of which we follow to maintain order. Source A, talks about the Code of Hammurabi which was one of the early civilization’s form of crime and punishment; King Hammurabi was a Mesopotamian king who claimed that his code was intended to lay down the rules of the land and abolish crimes so that the strong cannot harm the weak. In source A, it mentions the law of a slave who denounces his master’s claim. As punishment for disobedience, the slave gets his ear ripped out. …show more content…
Multiple religions such as Christianity and Islam arose as society continues to progress. With the increasing religions appearing all over the world, there is a human impulse of apostasy. Some humans seek to rid the world of thoughts who are not align with their beliefs. Source G is an example of how Pope Urban II advocated to retake Christianity’s holy land of Jerusalem from Muslim rule. This takeover became known as the First Crusade. The crusades where religious wars approved by the pope under God’s command. These holy wars were in Europe and Western Christendom did this with the mindset of protecting Christendom and all its Christians from enemies who threaten their spiritual health. Source G describes the threat as infidels and barbarians, which gave cause for Christians to take arm, march to Jerusalem, purge the threats, and regain