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1 Hammurabi’s Code 1700s BCE

2 2 Evaluation of Evidence We must evaluate all evidence To evaluate evidence, we ask: –Why is a document useful? –What are its limitations? –What other information do we need?

3 3 Who was Hammurabi? Member of the Amorite dynasty King of Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE United all of Mesopotamia under the Babylonian Empire Relief of Hammurabi and the god Shamash

4 4 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

5 5 What does it look like?

6 6 Loss and Unearthing

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

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