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Chapter 3 Hammurabi's code and the creation of writing BY SHIMON, ZEEKE, VICTOR AND YOEL
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Eye for eye Eye for an eye is a phrase, which means if you do something for example,you take out somebody’s eye they take out your eye out in return.
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What happened when there was no proof for a case For the codes that they cant prove they had a court system.
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What laws still survived today? One law that there was is minimum wage The minimum wage was 8 gurs of corn per year
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What is Hammurabi's code? His code is a set of 282 laws. He made them because of they were written down then they are more official.
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Who was Hammurabi ? he ruled the Babylonian empire from 1792 - 50b.c.e He was the 6 th king of the city.
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Who found the code? A French archeologist found it in 1901.
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The art of writing By Shimon and zeeke
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Mesopotamia Writing was made in Mesopotamia in about 3500 b.c In Mesopotamia clay was most written on material.
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Scribes Scribes were very important back them. Scribes had important jobs.
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Stuff they wrote on Postcards were used for personal messages. Pictures were the first type of writing. As time went on writing got more advanced.
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hieroglyphics in Egypt Most of the important hieroglyphics were in temple's or in tombs. Hieroglyphics were made by painters and sculptors.
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Lost and found When the Rosetta stone was found hieroglyphics was rediscovered.
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credits Jacobs, Heidi Hayes., Brenda Randolph, and Michal L. LeVasseur. Prentice Hall World Explorer. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 1998. Print. "HISTORY OF WRITING." HISTORY OF WRITING. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. "History of Writing." History of Writing. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.
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More credits. "Hammurabi's Code: An Eye for an Eye." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015. "Hammurabi." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. Jacobs, Heidi Hayes., Brenda Randolph, and Michal LeVasseur. Ancient World. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print. "8 Things You May Not Know About Hammurabi's Code." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015. Sept. 2015.
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