History Before 1500s Section 01 Class Notes

• Where Are These Located?
• Mesopotamia
• Iraq/Iran
• Nile
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia
• What Does it Mean?
• Between The Rivers
• Where Is It?
• Between The Tigris and Euphrates River
• In The Fertile Crescent
• What is Its Significance?
• It was the first City
• Hammurabi Code
• What Was Its Impact?
• It was the foundation for Judeo Christian Laws
• Who Was It Named After?
• King Hammurabi of Babylon
• What Are Some of The Famous Laws of The Hammurabi Code?
• Eye for an Eye
• How Did They Affect Women?
• They protected them.
• What was The Hammurabi Code Considered As?
• A Divine Law
• Patriarchy
• Definition
• A system in which men are in control.
• Slavery
• Who Were Slaves?
• Prisoners of War
• Convicted Criminals
• Heavily Indebted Men
• When Did Slavery Begin?
• Slaves were originally taken as prisoners of war.
• War is the beginning of slavery.
• What Did Most Slaves Do?
• Work as Domestics
• What Does The Hammurabi Code Say On Slavery?
• If a slave marries a free man, or a slave's daughter marries a free man, then the slave is set free.