World History AUGUST 26, 2015

Unit Tests  For each test you are given two attempts and one hour for each attempt.  All tests are due by Dec. 13 th at 11:30 pm.  There is only one test, part 2 you must complete – this is in Unit 3 and it’s due date is adjusted (earlier than Dec. 13 th ).

Unit quizzes and checkpoints  For each quiz and checkpoint you are given three attempts and 20 minutes.  All quizzes and checkpoints are due by Dec. 13 th at 11:30 pm.

Unit dropbox assignments  There are specific due dates for the dropbox assignments  Dropbox assignments are due the Sunday after it was assigned to earn full credit.  Some assignments have been taken out (you are not assigned to complete them). These assignments may not be visible to you but the text references to them (sorry I cannot delete all text that mentions the assignment)  The dropbox for assignments that are not graded will state “Not Graded” in the title of the dropbox folder.  The assignments not assigned to you are not in the Course Pacing Guide.

Turning in Late Work  The late grace period is for one week following the Sunday the assignment was due.  Example: If the assignment was assigned on Aug. 26 th, it is due Sunday Aug. 30 th to earn up to full credit, and by Sep. 6 th for up to 90% credit.

Lockdown Browser for taking tests  Download Lockdown Browser  Follow the directions carefully  It will ask you to close open programs such as Skype, Jing, etc

Empires  When a society conquers another group of people and they become united under the conqueror’s government.  An empire brings different peoples of formerly independent states together under the control of one ruler.  Empires bring together cultures. Consequently people, ideas, language and writing systems, technology, government styles, and religions move throughout the world.

Sargon from Akkad  Sargon was born in northern Mesopotamian city-state called Akkad.  As king of Akkad, he organized a strong Akkadian army and attacked the Sumerian cities and created the Sumerian Empire.  He unified the government, language, and writing system. Cultural diffusion brought together the Sumerian and Akkadian cultures.  Sargon’s reign lasted c BC – 2279 BC.  Although during his reign the empire became powerful and successful, after his death the Sumerian city-states rebelled and the empire Sargon built fell apart.

Sargon’s Empire

Hammurabi and Babylonia  After Sargon’s rule, other people tried to take over the region and unite it once again.  Around 1790 BC, king Hammurabi from Amorite conquered the region and created an empire.  Hammurabi established the capital Babylon but appointed officials to help him rule.  He collected taxes, executed building projects including irrigation systems, and he instituted business policies that promoted more and successful trade.  Hammurabi also wrote a set of laws to govern his people, the Code of Hammurabi. It included 282 laws on a stone pillar set in a public square. This was the first time a government had posted an organized set of laws for all to see. Copies of the code were also distributed throughout the empire on clay tablets.  Babylonia flourished until after Hammurabi died in c BC.

Babylonia

Evaluate these three laws from Hammurabi’s Code. What conclusions can you draw?  If a man puts out another man’s eye, his own eye shall be put out.  If he puts out the eye of another man’s slave, he shall pay one-half the slave’s value.  If someone strikes the body of a man higher in rank, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox whip in public.

This week:  Read your textbooks and lessons to learn about the empires of Mesopotamia and Egypt.