By the Waters of Babylon

Hammurabi was a ruler in Babylon for 42 years. He is most known for his code of laws he made to protect the citizens in Babylon. He eventually ruled over an estimation of 1,000,000 people. He was asked by Shamash, the God of Justice, to write laws to protect the people of Babylon. Was Hammurabi’s Code of Law just? Hammurabi’s code was just because of it’s family law, property law, and personal injury law. The code of laws for Family is just. If you think about it, families had to go though a…

Residing in Babylon has been tied to my families history for decades. Us residents, our families, and ancestors have experienced first hand the impact a ruler can have on his subordinates. With Prince Hammurabi acquiring the throne through hereditary rule, he composed 282 lex talionis. I support Hammurabi to be a sincere ruler of justice and piety, because in my opinion, due to the fact that within the literature, Hammurabi enforces equality within the social classes through new methods of…

reign he established 282 laws and standards. These laws were made to keep the southern Mesopotamia from rebelling as well as keeping order within his people. Hammurabi had a military force which means that there was stable work force of artesian. Babylon had some kind of currency if the kingdom had artesian and other trade works. King Hammurabi had all 282 laws carved onto twelve stone pillars. These twelve pillars went missing, later found in Iran in 1902. These laws give new light to crime…

In 1595BC, the armies Hittities led by Mursili from Anatolia, now modern Turkey, attacked and conquered Babylon taking control of Babylonia. With no immediate king in place the Kassites, in 1531BC, took control of Babylonia. The Sealand Dynasty of 1732 to 1460BC coexisted at the same time along with the First Babylonian Dynasty. This dynasty was a separate dynasty in the far southern part of what was Sumer known as Sealand. It was ruled by native Akkadians who claim to be descendants of the…

they built a total of 11 Roman Aqueducts. The Roman Aqueduct was built so the Romans would have fresh water to bathe , grow crops, and cook. The Roman Aqueducts were one of the most famous Roman structure, the Roman Aqueduct showed how strong and clever the Roman people were. Before they had Roman Aqueducts the Romans got their water from the Tiber River, they would catch and carry the water to their home towns and cities. As the population grew the Romans needed to transport…

humanity recover, but at the same time facing the risk that another apocalypse may rise destroying not all remaining humans, but the planet itself. The short story By the Waters of Babylon which is a direct allusion to the Psalm 137 which starts with the following words "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept". Waters of Babylon story closely revolves with the sayings of the psalm, and the story itself was written before the A Canticle for Leibowitz in 1943 both stories deals with the similar…

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Floating Gardens of China are two of the earliest hydroponics systems. Another example is the floating gardens of the Aztecs. When the Europeans came to the Americas, they were shocked to see trees floating in the middle of a lake. The Aztecs had found a way to create floating beds that could support the trees and suspend the roots in the water. The famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon are thought to have used no soil, only channels of water to support the…

The Code of Hammurabi can be used to infer that women at the time were the property or under the authority of their husbands/fathers and wealth should be determined by husband/father and not by the woman of the family. The social order of ancient Babylon should be put over the individual rights of women or slaves. A great example of this being the opposite during the era of Roman and Chines rule, is in the story talked about earlier of the Duke Zhuang and his mother. After years of having his…

Mesopotamia, the area of Tigris-Euphrates river system is well known as the cradle of civilization. As the “land between the rivers” Mesopotamia received abundant water resource from the Tigris and Euphrates that attracted many cultures to migrated and settled for its agricultural potential. As a result, civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylon were emerged in Mesopotamia. The world’s first cities were built by the Sumerians and later developed to city-states as population grew.…

The game, Discover Babylon, teaches people about the many different characteristics of civilizations in Ancient Mesopotamia. The major characteristics include cities, religion, writing, government, social structure, and art. Each of these characteristics were demonstrated through the game. These characteristics are what make up a civilization. Ancient Mesopotamia was located within the Fertile crescent, in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Civilizations from Ancient Mesopotamia invented…