Objective: SWBAT identify the development of Hammurabi's Code.

1. Objective: SWBAT identify the development of Hammurabi's Code. Calisthenics: Take 5 minutes to review for your QUIZ! Homework: NONE! ENJOY YOUR TUESDAY!

2. Calisthenics • “An Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” • What does that mean? • Write 2-3 sentences on what YOU think it means!

3. Government • The leadership in a society.

4. Informal Government • Informal government govern over families and small groups.  • Informal governments are smaller

5. Formal Government • Formal governments govern countries, cities, and states.  • Formal governments are larger

6. The early humans had an Informal Government As time goes on……..people become more civilized and form Civilizations The first civilization- SUMER, was the first transition to a Formal Government. They had kings, emperors, empires and governors. COOL!

7. Empire! • An empire brings together many different lands and peoples under one Ruler.

9. A Law Code • A Law code is a written set of laws.

10. Hammurabi

11. The Code of Hammurabi

12. 1    If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death. 

2    If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser. 

3    If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death. 

4    If he satisfy the elders to impose a fine of grain or money, he shall receive the fine that the action produces. 

5    If a judge try a case, reach a decision, and present his judgment in writing; if later error shall appear in his decision, and it be through his own fault, then he shall pay twelve times the fine set by him in the case, and he shall be publicly removed from the judge's bench, and never again shall he sit there to render judgement. 

6    If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death. 

7    If any one buy from the son or the slave of another man, without witnesses or a contract, silver or gold, a male or female slave, an ox or a sheep, an ass or anything, or if he take it in charge, he is considered a thief and shall be put to death. 

8    If any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death. 


13. The Goal… • The goal of Hammurabi’s code was to provide justice or all people. • Justice means FAIR treatment. • He felt the law should apply to everyone, NOT just a few people.

14. Read up on the code independently… • http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/CODE.HTM

15. Why was Hammurabi’s Code SO important?

16. Now everyone in my empire will know the laws and punishments for their actions! Yea…maybe people will start following the laws because they are in writing.

17. Hammurabi’s code was placed right outside of his kingdom for EVERYONE to see. • This made them Public for EVERYONE to see. • He knew it was important for everyone to know the laws and punishments before they broke them.

18. The Babylonian Empire Fell or Collapsed • Another Empire (a large amount of lands under one ruler) came to power • These were the ASSYRIANS! • Assyrians were very war based • They used latest inventions for war – iron swords, iron tipped spears • They governed lands by using a Governor to rule each one. Governors had to send tributes to the Assyrian Emperor.

19. Then the Assyrians Fell… • The Chaldeans came into power • Their king was Nebuchadnezzar II • Re-built Babylon • Hanging Gardens

20. Then the Chaldeans fall… • The powerful Persian King Cyrus the Great founded the Persian Empire

21. Exit Ticket • In Hammurabi’s code, an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, and a life for a lie meant that • A. the punishment had to fit the crime • B. a person could lose an eye for stealing a bag of grain • C. the code was harsh and unfair • D. the laws only covered crimes involving bodily harm.

22. Exit Ticket • Why was it important that Hammurabi had his code written down on a slab of stone outside of a temple? • A. It was important that temple priests follow the laws • B. paper had not been invented yet so carving was the only way • C. anyone could change the laws by adding to or rewriting them • D. the laws were public so people would know and follow them.

23. Exit Ticket • The goal of Hammurabi’s law was to provide…. • A. harsh punishments for all criminals • B. justice for all people • C. light punishments for members of the upper class • D. justice for only some people in society