1. Activity
Write down as many school rules as you can think of (2 minutes)
What do those rules tell us about our school
Write down as many home rules as you can think of (2 minutes)
What do those rules tell us about our home

2. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”

3. Hammurabi’s Code

4. Who is Hammurabi?
Hammurabi was the first great king of Babylon, Mesopotamia ( BC)
He extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and westward to the Mediterranean Sea.

7. What was the code?
Hammurabi’s code was a set of 282 laws that people were expected to follow.
The laws were grouped into several categories.

8. Diorite Stele
The Diorite Stele is a large stone shaped like a giant finger.
Diorite is a type of black rock.
Hammurabi’s Code was inscribed on this famous object.

9. Language of Hammurabi Code
The Hammurabi Code is written in cuneiform script and the Akkadian language.
wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia mainly on clay tablets.

10. Hammurabi’s Code included such things as religion, business, slaves, household, and trade.

11. Examples: If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be cut off.
If a man puts out an eye of another man, his eye shall be put off.
A sailor should be paid six gur (used to measure volume) of grain per year.

12. Hammurabi’s Code Why do you suppose
The Code of Hammurabi is important?
Do you think
issues were
really resolved?

13. Answer the following questions
From the laws you studied today, which one do you think is the best? Worst? Explain……
Thinking of our present laws, which are the best and worst? Explain……..

14. Quiz Time!!!