Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Civilizations Standard: Analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of complex societies in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. Essential Question: What were the origins, structures, and interactions of complex societies in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE?

Activator Why would a society settle along a river?

Hammurabi’s Law Code description 282 laws inscribed on an 8-foot-high stele (stone slab)

Law Code engraving of King Hammurabi receiving the laws from Shamash Babylonian Sun-God believed to oversee justice in human affairs based on the principle of retaliation conditional sentence if you do this, you will receive this punishment

Purpose for the Code “to promote the welfare of the people, make justice visible in the land, destroy the wicked person and the evil, in order that the strong might not injure the weak.” placed all groups in the empire under one law

Purpose for the Code deals with many aspects of daily life: property rights, trade(business), family issues, professional services, and crime contained consumer protection laws to encourage the proper performance of work largest group of laws dealt with marriage and the family

Marriage & Family Laws Parents arranged marriages, and the two parties signed a marriage contract protected women and children Women still had fewer privileges and rights than men expressed the patriarchal nature of Mesopotamian society enforced the obedience of children to parents

Purpose for the Code Penalties were severe punished the rich and poor differently Main Idea = governments job to look after its people

Activity Students will individually complete the Hammurabi’s Law Code guided reading assignment. Students will select 3 of Hammurabi’s Law Codes they agree with the most and explain why.

summarizer Do you agree with Hammurabi’s Law Code? Why or Why not?