By the Waters of Babylon

About 4,000 years ago, lived a man named Hammurabi, who became ruler over the small city-state called Babylon. Hammurabi ruled for about 42 years but, the first 30 years he only had control over Babylon. The population of people he ruled over was about 1,000,000 people. On the 38th year of his rule he had 282 laws carved into a tower like structure called a Stele. I believe that it is clear, Hammurabi’s laws in property, family, and personal injury were unjust. In the information packet…

case with King Sennacherib's death but let us review some other prophecies that were spot on. Around the year 732 B.C., the prophet Isaiah foretold at Isaiah 44 and 45 that a man named Cyrus would conquer the mighty city of Babylon. Now this was a "fairy-tale" idea of itself. Babylon was a dynasty for a time, this would be a hard defeat. The prophecy goes on to say that Cyrus would dry up a river and that Babylon's cities gates would mistakenly be left open. History confirms that every detail of…

earth” (11). They built cities small and grand. Among the first to appear, Sumer, then there was Akkad, “the first true empire in history” for creating an empire that “extended from the Persian Gulf almost to the Mediterranean Sea” (13). Next was Babylon, home of Hammurabi’s code and the beautiful hanging gardens. In these great cities, they established an economy fit to last. Mesopotamia was an agricultural based society, relying on food to trade for what they needed. In order to do that, they…

determine the type of consequence the civilian will have to pay. Most of the consequences here in the United States are tolerable, either by being punished in prison, pay a fine, or the worst one being the death penalty. Now if we take it back to the Babylon King Hammurabi era, they perceived justice in a different way from todays laws and criminal procedures. A phrase mentioned in the code of Hammurabi states, “If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be…

states “There was a cooking-place but no wood, and though there was a machine to cook food, there was no place to put fire in it.” This shows confusion in his mind as to how it works without the wood they use. The theme of “The waters of Babylon” is that taking in a lot of knowledge quickly can cause harm. As the “gods” were once living there, have all died, but they had so many “magical items” that should have helped them. However, we the reader know what happened to the “gods”…

The Babylonians were one of the first civilizations to develop a language and began to write down discoveries and stories of their people. Among these writings is the recorded observations of the night sky. Throughout the Babylonian history, the population selects one person to specialize in writing down the observations. These chosen ones were named Scribes. This was an extremely important role to play in their society and Scribes performed the task of charting the movement of the stars and…

river valley civilizations began” (World History book). The ancient river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China made lasting contributions to humankind. The Code of Hammurabi was written in the 18th century by king Hammurabi ruler of Babylon in Mesopotamia. He inscribed the first set of laws in history. “Hammurabi wanted to unify his empire and provide order and protections for the weak” (Document 2). His set of laws helped him govern more easily and protect the people. This…

The theme throughout the four pieces of literature is humans can be the object of their own self-destruction. In “By The Waters Of Babylon”, John realizes that the “Place of the Gods” is merely a part of human civilization that has been destroyed by other humans (page 8). It says on page 7, “When gods war with gods, they use weapons we do not know.” This refers to humans fighting against each other and ultimately eradicating mankind. In Teasdale’s poem “There will Come Soft Rains,” it talks…

The Synoptic Gospels illustrates Jesus as an universal savior that came from the heaven as flesh. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus is the promised Messiah from the Old Testament, the human son of God, and the universal savior, respectively. To start, Matthew, one of the twelve disciples, wrote the Gospel of Matthew for Jewish Christian. Matthew wrote this book in order to proclaim that Jesus is truly the promised Messiah that is stated in the Old Testament. Matthew proves that Jesus is the…

and deeper understanding of the piece is somewhat lost on the viewer. This has happened over the course of time with many pieces, such as the Ishtar Gate and Nike of Samothrace. Originally, the Ishtar Gate was built as an expansion of the city of Babylon, which is modern day Iraq, in 575 BCE (Ayerbe). On the gate, which was made of brick and covered in lapis lazuli, are the Babylonian gods of Marduk, the patron god of the city represented by dragons,…