Advocating for a kingdom sustained off justice, peace, and order, Hammurabi enacted his code during the First Dynasty of Babylon. While the 300 or so laws may have aimed to standardize the common laws of the city states, many theories surround its actual intended purpose. Having endured millennia, The Code of Hammurabi survives today as a monumental stone. Due to such unparalleled permanence, the code is often perceived as an exemplary model of ancient orderliness. With this glorification…
great leader for the Babylonians and ruled for 42 years. He created his 282 laws, which were the first great written laws. Hammurabi lived about 40 centuries ago in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was the ancient name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Hammurabi ruled about 1,000,000 people in his empire (BGE). Was Hammurabi’s code just? Hammurabi’s code was just because of its family laws, property laws, and personal-injury laws. The family laws in Hammurabi’s code were just…
Every society in the Western 21st century has laws and rules that citizens need to abide by. Hammurabi at the time was very advanced and developed a governing system called the Hammurabi’s Code which was a set of 282 laws and standards that all of the citizens of Babylonia needed to abide. Hammurabi’s codes included set punishments that each citizen shall face if he wore to break one the laws that were set (Hammurabi). Although Hammurabi’s codes punishments were much more violent and sever than…
The Hanging Gardens are one of the Seven Wonders in the World and still to this day is very attractive to tourist. With walls about “56 miles in length, 80 feet thick, 320 feet high”, this was one of the most impressive architectures (The Seven Wonders). The Gardens were built around 600 BC and got destroyed in the second century BC. Due to an earthquake much of the Hanging Gardens were destroyed. There are two different theories to how the Hanging Gardens were built. One theory was that the…
been many river valleys which play a big role on early civilization and make the important contribution to the world. Three civilization of these is Mesopotamia, India, and China. Mesopotamia is the land that located between Tigris and Euphrates river. This can be considered as the reason why Mesopotamia called Mesopotamia. In Greek, it technically means between two rivers, and obviously this is exactly what was happening. Also, the shape of it looks like a crescent. So in another…
the core of the Xiongnu empire. As the empire grew, it grew on the rich ecological zones. The Parthian Empire was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran and Iraq. The Parthian Empire stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates to eastern Iran. The empire became a center of trade and commerce. The Kushana empire was east of the Parthian…
The Syrian farmers’ lands have dried up, climate change and over-damming along the Tigris, along with the Euphrates has forced them to migrate towards the urban center in search of government assistance. Arriving, exhausted and subdued nevertheless, seeking sanctuary, finding only a failing government, along with the burning wheel of revolt. I met that farmer and in my elaborate effort to find a theory that befits his struggle, to provide some type of guidance or comfort to offer him, sadly…
Violence and Diplomacy: The Success of an Empire As I am reading this book, I can see that very easily that violence and warfare had a major part in the overall rise of Islam. As per usual, back in the days in order to be wealthy, you had to own land, and to own land you either had to purchase it, or take it by force. Since money was no easy thing to come by, force was usually the easier option. There are three examples that stand out to me on this topic and the main one is that anyone who…
At first, our ancestors lived a nomadic lifestyle; moving around constantly, following herds, and hunting and gathering in order to find sustenance. The transition from a nomadic lifestyle to an agrarian society was not an easy transition, for it changed the way of life for humans drastically. This transition happened in different parts of the world at different times. We call this period the Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution. The Neolithic Revolution might not have happened in parts of the…
The Shang and Zhou Dynasties were considered two of the greatest time periods in all of China. This was the period in time were China started to become a more civilized and technologically advanced culture and people as a whole. This period in Chinese history came to be known as the Bronze Age of China due to the archaeological find that the people of the Shang and Zhou Dynasty began to learn how to work bronze and create art and fashion tools and other useful items from it such as weapons and…