By the Waters of Babylon

hour Hammurabi’s Code: Was It Just? Spare the rod and spoil the kingdom! This phrase was taken to the extreme in Ancient Mesopotamia. In 1792 BCE, a man named Hammurabi became the king of Babylon. At this time, Babylon was at war with neighboring city-states. Therefore, Hammurabi created a list of 282 laws to try and protect the people. Theses laws were then carved into a stele. The question is, were these laws just? There are three areas of law…

the house. The well pump would then be turned on and the water reservoir filled to decrease the risk of running out of water if the power went out or a solar panel was down. After the house was set-up to run, we would go into town to the farm and lumber company and barter for salt. I realized we would need extra salt when Randy ran out of salt and the townspeople in Alas Babylon started becoming. The salt would be for eating and for the water purifier. We would then check the refrigerators to…

In Jeff May’s Zombie Geographies and the Undead City, he starts by explaining that “contemporary zombie films mark a geographical move to large urban areas, bringing the zombie masses to the city and foregroundIng urban fears while containing implicit messages about social difference and otherness”(May 286). I found this quote extremely interesting. If I could fast forward time, and somehow be placed in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, I would chose to be in a more rural or even suburban area.…

core, all advertisements are promises that “buying our product will make you happy!” The thrill of buying and using products can’t provide happiness, however. This truth is evident in the show Mad Men with the character Don. In the Mad Men episode "Babylon," advertising is a symbol for Don's life because like the advertising industry, Don is always searching for happiness in externals and not looking within; the viewer can see that happiness can not be found in externals. Advertisements and the…

One of the earliest and most complete ancient legal codes was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C. Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia. His code, a collection of 282 laws and standards, stipulated rules for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Hammurabi’s Code was proclaimed at the end of his reign and carved onto a massive,…

information is more accessible than ever before. Anyone can pick up their phone and acquire an unlimited amount of knowledge. However, this knowledge can occasionally be used in a harmful or destructive way. This is demonstrated in the stories “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét and Fahrenheit 541 by Ray Bradbury. While there are some evident differences in theme between the two stories, the similarities are pronounced. Deception or misinformed societies and the danger and…

idea come from, Based on antique tablet, far older than the bible it retailing a story far different than that of Noah’s. The idea is that of a basket boat, to recreate this vessel they travelled to marsh lands of Iraqi, near the site of ancient Babylon. They will utilize India natives, which are familiar with ancient techniques of building. This is the making of a vessel that was thought to bring the bible and Babylonians together. This is the historic story, is the beginning of the…

white flash enveloped their world” (Frank 94). In Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon, it shows the effects of a sudden disaster can change a man or woman into a survival based lifestyle. How far could one go to survive? What can we do to avoid falling into a survival based lifestyle? A person’s response to a disaster depends on the severity of that disaster. It is shocking to think that such an event that happened in Alas, Babylon was almost a reality in the United States. During the Cold War,…

He was associated with Jupiter.” Further research on Marduk shows that “Marduk’s star was Jupiter.” This is why the Babylons placed so much time in the tracking of Jupiter. They believed that the Gods were associated with certain celestial objects in the sky. In order to please the Gods, they charted their discoveries onto four tablets. One of the tablets held information…

Nearly 4,000 years ago a man named Hammurabi became a king of a small city state called Babylonia. Hammurabi was ruling Babylon for 42 years and in those years he created the Code of Laws. In those years he has created 282 laws for the people of Babylonia. These laws were carved on a pillar like stone called stele for everyone to see so they knew the consequences of crimes and rules. So in consideration to that, what were these laws like are they fair or unjust. Hammurabi's code of laws is…