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Hammurabi’s Code 1700s BCE

Central Historical Question What can we infer about Babylonia from Hammurabi’s Code?

Evaluation of Evidence: Hammurabi’s Code We must evaluate all evidence. To evaluate evidence, we ask: Why is this document useful? What are its limitations? What other information do we need?

Relief of Hammurabi and the god Shamash Who was Hammurabi? Member of the Amorite dynasty King of Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE United all of Mesopotamia under the Babylonian Empire Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P1050771_Louvre_code_Hammurabi_bas_relief_rwk.JPG Relief of Hammurabi and the god Shamash

Hammurabi’s Code Laws for Babylonian society Tool to unify expanding empire “That the strong might not injure the weak” Allowed everyone to know the rules

What does it look like? Image retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Code_of_Hammurabi.jpg