Hammurabi was the best known and most exalted of all Mesopotamian kings. Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian Empire from 1792-50 B.C.E. As Hammurabi conquered other city-states his empire grew and he saw a need for rules and regulations. Hammurabi set a universal law for all the people. He reviewed all the laws and compiled a list of 282 laws to be abided by in all of the city-state.
Early civilizations formed around rivers. The Mesopotamians lived along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They were divided into city-states, one of which is the Babylonians. The sixth Amorite king of Babylon was Hammurabi and he ruled the Babylonians under his terrifying law codes. Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian Empire following the abdication of his father, Sin-Muballit and he is the best known and most celebrated of all Mesopotamian kings.
The Code of Hammurabi was written by King Hammurabi and were the first set of laws to ever be created. Hammurabi created 282 laws, that set standards in his empire and in ancient Mesopotamia. Hammurabi made it clear that the laws were not only to equalize society but also establish fairness and also protect the weak from the strong. However, according to the laws, the punishment for men, women, rich, and the poor, were all different; leading that he made the laws unfair. The women of Mesopotamia had a series of laws where it clearly shows they were classified as property.
Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry were two important people in American History who made a difference. Franklin’s “Speech in the Convention and Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” helped guide our nation to independence and democracy. Both speeches have good examples of rhetorical devices, but I think Patrick Henry speech ‘Speech in the Virginia Convention” has better rhetorical devices. Some examples are rhetorical question, logos, diction, and imagery. Patrick Henry style and content is more effective then Benjamin Franklin because Patrick uses a plethora of things such as imagery, “There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!
His audience in this piece was his fellow clergymen, meaning this was a more official manner than that of his speech. This can be seen in his writing when he decides, “to use the terminology of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber” (paragraph 16) in his writing. Using a quote from a philosopher brings much more fact into the matter at hand. By doing this, King gives his point more credibility and generates a point using the form of rhetoric logos. Further along his path, King cites another professional, in which he writes, “As T. S. Eliot has said…” (paragraph 45).
Have you ever thought about laws created more than 3,500 years ago by a man known as Hammurabi? Hammurabi was a king of a kingdom known as Babylonia. He ruled nearly 4000 years ago, and ruled 42 years. During his time, Hammurabi carved 282 laws on a stele, which became Hammurabi’s Code. Now we are faced with a question: Was Hammurabi’s Code fair to everyone?
Mesopotamia and Egypt were two great civilizations in human history. Both of them have made gigantic scientific and cultural advances which have affected our way of living throughout time. Although Egypt and Mesopotamia were developed around the same period of time, between 5000 and 6000 BC, they had environmental, political, religion and social differences. Egypt and Mesopotamia shared a fundamental geographical similarity: both societies had access to major source of water, which became key for they development and strength. Egypt, had the Nile river, and for Mesopotamia, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
I believe that paragraphs 9 and 12 from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” are the strongest paragraphs in this letter of his. These paragraph is so profound and truly explain why segregation is unjust in two short paragraphs. They don’t go into a lot of detail on why segregation is unjust, because they don’t need to. They’re argument is strong enough with how short they are. Since these paragraphs give an easy to understand and short reasoning as to why segregation is unjust, explains what makes a law just or unjust, and show that just laws can be unjust when applied to situations such as segregation, I believe they are the strongest paragraphs in this letter.
Creation stories have profound effects on humans. Mesopotamia’s “The Gilgamesh Epic”, Egypt’s “Hymn to the Nile-Documents”, and Mesoamerica’s Mayan and Aztec creation stories demonstrate significant relationships within society, whether that is between humans and nature or humans and the “god(s).” Mesopotamia was the first primordial, and an influential cradle of civilization with prominent relationships between humans and nature and humans and their gods. Discovered near the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers around the time of the Lower Paleolithic period (3,500-1,500 B.C.E. ), Mesopotamia was one of the most developed civilization of its time. However, how does “The Gilgamesh Epic” relate and impact Mesopotamian society between humans and nature and
Egyptian considers him as the King of Gods & God of Kings. He is the oldest & most worshipped God over entire Egypt. Amun ra means hidden light. He is the supreme God of ancient Egypt & also honored by this two designations- Lord of Truth & Father of Man. He is also known as Lord of Thrones of two lands & Lord of Wisdom.
King Hammurabi was a leader of the first Babylonian Empire that brought the cities of Mesopotamia together under one law. This law was called Hammurabi’s Code, it was a collection of 282 clauses engraved on a seven foot high stele (Fiero, 26). According to History, Hammurabi worked to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak and to see that justice is done to widows and orphans (History). King Hammurabi created an environment in which everyone tried to live peacefully. And if there should happen to be any conflicts there were rules and laws in place to hand out justice.
Another point made about their civilization, at the top of the hierarchy ladder was the King. These were his laws that he had a scribe write down to his exact liking. People under his rulings just went along with whatever he said. Did they have choice? Probably not.
This chapter covered a lot of information and lots of history in comparison to the other chapters thus far. The background of the Oneida Community was proportionally more of a biography on John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the group and his beliefs. He had an interesting history including getting his license to be a preacher taken away, but he was a proud man and didn’t not lose confidence in himself. After this happened in his life the Putney Perfectionism Association begin. His ideas were radical and communist in nature, but his community found itself growing and quickly developed into a success after certain members were accepted.
Something else about Hammurabi is that he took power in 1792 BCE. Hammurabi also developed a code totaling an astonishing 282 laws. My question I need to answer is, Was Hammurabi’s Code Fair? There are three areas of law in Hammurabi’s Code which can be proven to be just. These three areas of law are family law, personal injury law, and property law.