The Sumerians made great advances in mathematics and
astronomy.• So you can blame them for algebra and
Geometry• Used 6 as their numerical base SO…
1. 60 minutes in an hours2. 360 degrees in a circle
Egypt: Gift of the NileEgyptian civilization arose along the
fertile banks of the Nile River in northeastern Africa.
S E C T I O N 5
The World of the HebrewsThe World of the Hebrews began in Ur of the Chaldeans (Sumer)Abram (Patriarch) heard God tell him to go to a Promised Land
Mesopotamia’s located at a geographical crossroads for trade & Migration
including BabyloniansBabylonians, Assyrians & Persians!
animism
• The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena
Code of Hammurabi
• Standardized Law = Consistent
• Codified Law = Written•Everyone knew the LAW
If not equal everyone had equal protection
under the law…
even women
Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi was a list of 282 laws brought together and written
on an 8 foot tall stone pillar in 1280 AD for all the people of Babylonia to
see.
What is most famous about Hammurabi?
You probably assume it was one simple law.
“An eye for an eye.”
And although that was a law, and it is famous, Hammurabi’s code was a set of
laws for everyone to follow, with set punishment if not followed. Brilliant
Idea? Right?
#229 If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make
its construction sound, and the house which he
has built collapses and causes the
death of the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death.
#110 If a "sister of god"
(nun) who is not living in a convent opens a wine shop or enters a wine shop for a drink, they shall burn that
woman.
• 53 If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition, and does not so keep it; if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined.
• 21 If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal), he shall be put to death before that hole and be buried.
• 195 If a son strike his father, his hands shall be cut off.
• 196 If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. [ An eye for an eye ]
• 197 If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken.
• 198 If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.
• 199 If he put out the eye of a man's slave, or break the bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.
• 200 If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out. [ A tooth for a tooth ]