Hammurabi

Hammurabi1790 BC

Babylonian KingConquers most of Mespopotamia

Law Code of Hammurabi

El Código de Hamurabi

• Standardized Law = Consistent

• Codified Law = Written•Everyone knew the LAW

Todos no eran iguales pero todos tenían la protección igual de la ley . . . la mujeres

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El Código of Hamurabi

El Codigo de Hamurabi era una lista de 282 leyes que fueron combinadas y escritas en una pared de un pilar de 8 pies en 1280 AD para que vieran toda

la gente de f Babilonia.

Cual es la cosa mas famosa sobre Hamurabi?

“An eye for an eye.”

Si era famosa, pero el código de Hamurabi fue una colección de leyes para seguir con unos castigos fijos

para los que no lo siguieran.

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Los Desafios de GobernarUno de los problemas que enfrentaba las civiliaciones antiguas era la establecimiento de los leyes cuando la gente empezaban a vivir en comunidades en vez de cazar y recollectar para la comida.

El proceso de gobernarnos es duro y hoy en día estamos perfeccionándolo. Nuestras actividades en grupo nos enseña un poco unos problemas que enfrentaran a las civilizaciones antiguas.

¿Por qué necesitaban leyes la socieded en Babilonia?

En grupos más pequeños de cazador-cosechas todos se conocían y se confiaban. Los líderes podían hacer decisiones facilmente. La situación cambió cuando las ciudades más grandes crecían. Unas leyes justas y consistentes eran necesarias.

POD 1 = #229

If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction sound, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death.

POD 2 = #110 If a "sister of god"

(nun) who is not living in a convent opens a wine shop or enters a wine shop for a drink, they shall burn that

woman.

POD 3 = #117 If a man be in debt and is

unable to pay his creditors, he shall sell his wife, son, or

daughter, or bind them over to service. For three years they shall work in the houses of

their purchaser or master; in the fourth year they shall be

given their freedom.

POD 4 = #143 If the woman has not been

careful but has gadded about, neglecting her house and

belittling her husband, they shall throw that woman into

the water.

POD 5 = #185

If the woman has not been careful but has gadded about,

neglecting her house and belittling her husband, they shall throw that woman into

the water.

If a man takes in his own home a young boy as a son and rears him, one may not bring claim for that adopted

son.

POD 6 = #195

If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.

POD 7 = #2

If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt,

then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser.