Journal 3 - AP World History学报3—AP世界史 .ppt

Support WHY you choose your answer All of the following scenarios are accurate judgments from the Code of Hammurabi EXCEPT: If a house collapses and kills a slave, then the builder is put to death. If a house collapses and kills the owner’s son, then the son of the builder will be put to death. If a house collapses and damages goods of the owner, then goods of equal value belonging to the builder will be forfeited. If a surgeon operated on a patient and that patient died, then the surgeon’s hands were cut off. A man who wished to remarry because his wife was ill might take another wife, so long as he continued to provide for his first wife until she died Review Code of Hamm HW Discuss Mesopotamia The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization” Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World” Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing Cuneiform Writing Sumerian Scribes “Tablet House” Ziggurat at Ur Temple “Mountain of  the Gods” Nile River provides fertile land on its banks in desert Nile floods regularly leaving behind silt = Egyptian agriculture depends on floods Egyptian view of universe is regular and orderly because of regular Nile How is the Nile different from the Tigris and Euphrates? How does this affect their view of the universe/afterlife? Pharaohs = gods on earth to protect the people Death of a pharaoh was beginning of journey back to the land of the gods = funeral and preservation of the body important Pyramids and mummies HW Study for Themes Quiz Read and take notes on Egyptian Administration and Communication and People pages 25-27