HIST 150 Lecture 2: Intro to Ancient Civilization (cont.) 8/26/16
9 Sep 2016
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Have de nitive version going from time to time. Sumerians went down to the banks and used mud to create cuneiform: babylon. Hammurabi"s code, code of hammurabi: a couple of slabs of stone with the laws of the land written on it. Gender also de ne the changes in the laws (if you were a women and was caught cheating on your husband than you"d be put to death, if you were a man than you"d just pay a hefty ne) Deals primarily with trade $ (taxes, business, etc. ) Written code = permanent code: hebrew. He is sovereign (doesn"t share power with anyone else, not the most powerful of the gods because he" the only god) He is transcendent (he"s not in nature, he"s above nature) He is good (doesn"t want people to suffer, doesn"t want to go after you, doesn"t want bad things to happen to people) He just wants you to follow the rules.
