Western Civ Blog 4

Today in class we learned about the civilization of Mesopotamia. We discussed how Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians in c. 2350 BC. God's took the place of previous God's and were forced to worship them. Wandering nomads drove herds of domesticated animals in many areas, especially to the south of Sumer in Arabia. Kind Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws known as "Hammurabis code". Hammurabis code are laws that included "an eye for an eye" and regulations of marriage, divorce, and punishment for all sort's of crimes. We also went over some of the laws and consequences of the Hammurabis code. Men had more power than the women, for example if a women was caught cheating on her husband, both the women and the person she was cheating with would be tied together and drowned. The husband could say if he wanted his wife to be brought up, and she would not die but the other man would be brought with her. the women did not have this choice and if her husband cheated he would automatically die.