Monday, September 9, 2013

King Hammurabi

Its me Sasha again and today we are going to learn about the Babylonians and king Hammurabi.
Mesopotamia was not a safe place to live city states kept fighting each other . One of the most
powerful city states is called Babylon .Around 1792BC/BCE a Babylonian king named Hammurabi ruled only a small bit of land around Babylon.But then he started to conquer all the small cites around him.He convinced other kings to swear allegiance to him .He didn't want people to listen to him just because his army was strong.He wanted  his empire to be governed by just laws.Here are some examples of his laws:

1.If a doctor operates on a patient and the patient dies the doctor gets his hand cut off.

2.If a builder builds a house and it collapses and kills the owner the builder will be put to death.

Hammurabi was very religious man, he believed  that the gods themselves gave him the code of Hammurabi.
   


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10 comments:

  1. highestformSeptember 9, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    Nice blog Sasha! Very informative!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 9, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    Hi Sasha! I'm putting your blog in my feedreader so I'll see when you update! Very cool! (Shannon B.)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2013 at 5:07 PM

    It's really exciting when you compare Hammurabi's code with the lawcode found in Exodus-Deuteronomy.

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  5. Sarah GingrichSeptember 9, 2013 at 6:06 PM

    Thanks for the history lesson, Sasha! My daughter Sophia and you were friends as babies; in fact, the last time I saw you you were a roly-poly baby. I love history too, as does Sophia. I'll make sure that she sees your blog :). -Sarah Gingrich

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  6. KellySeptember 9, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    Hi Sasha! I hope you keep posting, you taught me something I didn't know today! I'll keep checking to see what else I can learn. I just finished reading a book about World War 2 - that was very interesting history too.
    love Kelly (who used to live down the street when you lived in Hepburn.)

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  7. MelanieSeptember 9, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    Hey Sasha, I will put your blog in my list of blogs. I also learned something I didn't know. I'll also show your posts to Aidan. Keep it up!

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  8. matt wallSeptember 9, 2013 at 9:37 PM

    Hi Sasha. Great blog. King Hammurabi would be proud of it.

    Uncle Matt

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  9. DeanneSeptember 9, 2013 at 11:17 PM

    Hi Sasha,
    I'm going to show your blog to my husband Daniel, because he's not so great at history (you used to wrestle with him when we would come to visit you in your house in Hepburn). I think he's going to learn a lot!
    Deanne

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