Hammurabi's Code

Today as a class, we further discussed Hammurabi's code. It was the first form of laws or rules to eliminate crime among the civilization. By reading Hammurabi's code, we can infer that there was slavery back then. And a higher power, such as lower class and higher class. As far as slavery, goes the punishments were harsh. For example, one law states that if a slave questions his master's authority, then he or she must have their ear cut off.  By cutting off a slave's ear, rather than a hand, ensures that the slaves can continue to work after the punishment. A person can work without an ear. By one slave with a harsh noticeable punishment, other slaves can look upon them and acknowledge  the punishment, and make a "mental note" not to do the same thing.  In all, a punishment should teach you something, therefore your behavior can improve. Also the institution of marriage means something to the people of Babylon. Their relationships mean something to them. And the man has more power over a women, and compared to the king and the slave. They believe the crime should be more punishable depending on the authority of the victim of the crime. Their society is the beginning of biased and superior behavior.

From prehistoric History to Civilization

• Prehistory- the millions of years in which human beings appeared on the Earth, spread across the planet, and advanced in organization and skills.
• The earliest development began around 3000 B.C.
• For a civilization had to be strong enough to conquer other villages and trade with them.

Before Civilization- The Prehistoric Era

• This Era ended with the rise of civilized societies producing permanent writing records.
• Human began to walk on two legs as the human race evolved, being able to use their hands to produce more.
• Human's tools were manly made out of stone and wood.
• Paleolithic age-
• Began with the earliest human types. With the appearance of present day humans and occurred when the pace of human's advancing tools speed up.
• Neolithic Age-
• Humans began to replace stone with metal.
• All humans beings lived as migratory hunters, fishers, and gatherers. They sheltered in caves or in temporary huts.
• Women were many responsible for caring for the children, and the women would produce a fewer amount of children.
• Sometimes early humans bury the dead, because they still felt the importance of their fellow friends.

Agricultural Revolution-

• Human beings began to shift from migrators, hunters, and gatherers to a settled and farming lifestyle.
• Framing provides a reliable source of food for these humans.
• There was a steep rise in population as a result of a food source
• Human groups began to form as wealth, status, and power began important.
• In Asia, the domesticating of animals helped with farming. Bread, beer, wine, cheese, cloth, leather, and etc. were invented. As families started to build their own homes out of brick.
• These houses would have their own set of tools and food.
• The importance of a family arose, as humans relied on each other for tasks he or she could not complete.
• Partnership between a male and a female existed, with marriage and divorce.
• Human realized there was a cause and effect of everything and they became polytheist, worshiping gods for nature elements, hoping that they would help their crops.
• Jobs for a specify person were assigned to one another, therefor relying on one another even more to survive.
• Trade and bartering between each other started so one person didn’t have to do everything for themselves.
• It was important to make sure that their offspring was indeed their offspring, so that they could pass their wealth to the next generation.
• Wheat was the main crop, because it could be stored for a long period of time and many foods can be made with it.

The Earliest Cities: Mesopotamia-

• This civilization emerged around 3500 B.C and was based on the importance of others relying another.
• Sumer-
• A city filled with rivers and swamps with little rain.
• Irrigation was invented and first used.
• Population was the most in this city
• Conquered other villages to gain more food and new technologies and tools