Babylonia - The Code of Hammurabi

Hammurabi Receiving Laws, Stanford History Education Group, https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons/hammurabis-code, 27 November 2017.

This is a close up of the top part of the stele.  It shows Hammurabi (standing) receiving the laws from the god Shamash (sitting).  

Basalt Stele of Hammurabi, Emerson Kent, http://www.emersonkent.com/archaeological_records/code_of_hammurabi.htm, 27 November 2017.

The stele is 7 ft. 6 in. tall.  It contains the 282 laws that make up this code. It is from approx. 1700 BCE.

The eighth grade ancient history scholars have re-enacted the crimes, and faced their punishment from the Law Court of Babylon.  They are interpreting what these laws can tell us about the society of Babylon.

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From the Royal Tombs of Ur in Sumer

Use your class notes and this video to write your summary paragraphs.
Standard of Ur Video: Please watch this 8 min. video before you write your Standard of Ur Summary Paragraphs.

THE STANDARD OF UR: What was the role of women?  What did fashionable men wear?  What type of technology was used? Musical instruments? Did they take live captives after war? What was the social structure? After examining the artifact carefully and analyzing all images, the 8th Grade Ancient History scholars are writing a summary paper explaining their inferences about Sumerian society based upon the evidence found on this primary source. (Click on image to enlarge.)

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THE DIG!

Using proper excavation techniques (at least at the beginning), the Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars made measurements, recorded field notes of their observations, plotted coordinates, and were, at first, puzzled by what type of artifacts might be in their dig site.  Before long they recognized that they had found a terracotta warrior made to protect the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, after his death.