1. AND THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
HAMMURABI
AND THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
Ch 4 Lesson 1 (part 2)
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2. BABYLONIANS People known as AMORITES
Western region of Fertile Crescent
About 2000 B.C., conquer Akkadians
Establish capital at Babylon
On the Euphrates

3. Statue of Hammurabi praying
Hammurabi’s Reign
Hammurabi ruled from B.C.
Expanded Babylonian Empire from Mesopotamia throughout Fertile Crescent
Installed governors, tax collectors, and judges to help him keep order
Statue of Hammurabi praying

5. FIRST CODE OF LAW Hammurabi collected all the existing laws
Then created a single unifying law code for all the Babylonian citizens
Created code to bring JUSTICE
Fair treatment for all citizens
Gives citizens rights
Punishments depend on crime, social class
Punishments usually payment, injury or death

6. FIRST CODE OF LAW (CONT’D)
Hammurabi had the law code etched into giant pillar monuments
The law code was written in cuneiform
The pillar monuments, also known as steles, were erected near all the city temples
14 fragments have been found

7. The Code of Hammurabi
Sculpture of Hammurabi presenting the laws to the supreme god
Code consists of 3 parts
Intro
Body
Conclusion

8. The Code of Hammurabi Intro Biography of Hammurabi Body List of laws
Laws create class distinctions
Establishes responsibility
Sets certain religious guidelines
Conclusion
Praise in favor of the laws

9. Why is Hammurabi’s Code important?
A government should provide protection and justice for its citizens.
Society should be run by the rule of law, applied to all people.
Elimination of revenge as a way of solving problems.
By placing the laws on public monuments everyone could read the laws and know the punishments for breaking them.