1. Law and the language of power: Compare the language used by Sophocles, in his Antigone, and in the Code of Hammurabi to describe law and authority.
King Hammurabi had used harsh retaliation liberal language in the code of Hammurabi. The reason why Hammurabi used the harsh language in the Code of Hammurabi has to come with the time period of Babylonian society. The ancient Babylon had a high agricultural productivity and it results in a superior ability of supporting population dependents. Interestingly, Babylon had an advantageous environment for agriculture but they couldn’t avoid natural disaster occasionally. These feelings of fear and awe created the religion inevitably. As long as they rely on the religion to pray for a great crop, …show more content…
To be specific, a king Hammurabi was imaged on the stele of Hammurabi as receiving the code of Hammurabi from the sun God. That is, King Hammurabi equate himself with divine. He tried to show off his power by equating it with divine power and prevent the rebel of lower classes. In Antigone, there are two lawmakers as a representative of two different laws. They are Antigone and Creon. Antigone didn’t want to surrender Creon’s bad law. When Sophocles wrote Antigone, it was the time when Athena accept democracy. However, their government system was not in principle divided into the legislative, the judicial and the administrative branches. Therefore, King had full authorities such as making and administering the law. Therefore, the conflict between Antigone’s natural law and Creon’s law is …show more content…
In Ancient Egypt, as a result of the geometrical advantage of Nile, Egyptians could cross Egypt in a week by ships. Therefore, it was possible to have a long-distance trade with not only the countries around Mediterranean such as Nubia but also with Middle East. The main goods for trading were woods luxury goods and slaves. However, in Ancient Egypt, a new currency system introduced by Augustus in harmony with the powerful military power of Rome result in development of commerce in Ancient Rome. Also, from the first century B.C to the second century B.C., due to the concentration of surplus due to the increased population of slaves gained by the conquering the kingdoms, Ancient Egyptian turned to long-distance trade to get luxury goods and specialty from other areas such as China and
King Hammurabi had used harsh retaliation liberal language in the code of Hammurabi. The reason why Hammurabi used the harsh language in the Code of Hammurabi has to come with the time period of Babylonian society. The ancient Babylon had a high agricultural productivity and it results in a superior ability of supporting population dependents. Interestingly, Babylon had an advantageous environment for agriculture but they couldn’t avoid natural disaster occasionally. These feelings of fear and awe created the religion inevitably. As long as they rely on the religion to pray for a great crop, …show more content…
To be specific, a king Hammurabi was imaged on the stele of Hammurabi as receiving the code of Hammurabi from the sun God. That is, King Hammurabi equate himself with divine. He tried to show off his power by equating it with divine power and prevent the rebel of lower classes. In Antigone, there are two lawmakers as a representative of two different laws. They are Antigone and Creon. Antigone didn’t want to surrender Creon’s bad law. When Sophocles wrote Antigone, it was the time when Athena accept democracy. However, their government system was not in principle divided into the legislative, the judicial and the administrative branches. Therefore, King had full authorities such as making and administering the law. Therefore, the conflict between Antigone’s natural law and Creon’s law is …show more content…
In Ancient Egypt, as a result of the geometrical advantage of Nile, Egyptians could cross Egypt in a week by ships. Therefore, it was possible to have a long-distance trade with not only the countries around Mediterranean such as Nubia but also with Middle East. The main goods for trading were woods luxury goods and slaves. However, in Ancient Egypt, a new currency system introduced by Augustus in harmony with the powerful military power of Rome result in development of commerce in Ancient Rome. Also, from the first century B.C to the second century B.C., due to the concentration of surplus due to the increased population of slaves gained by the conquering the kingdoms, Ancient Egyptian turned to long-distance trade to get luxury goods and specialty from other areas such as China and