Babylon

2025-09-04

• Hammurabi, king of babylon, created the next empire in mesopotamia
• he is remembered largely because of his law code

Law

• earliest known complete code of laws
• punishment varied based on social rank
• eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
• victim's right to personal compensation
• people were not equal
  • husbands over wifes
  • fathers over sons
  • rich over poor
  • freemen over slaves

Classism

• nobility - priests, noble landlords, royalty
• commoners - freeman(majority) mostly farmers, but also artisans and merchants
• slaves - were always present in mesopotamia. their numbers varied over time

akkadians, babylonians, and assyrians united mesopotamia and expanded their cultures (all heavily influenced by Sumer) and dirct control far beyond mesopotamia mesopotamia declined its importance following conquest by persia reemerged during the rise of islam and baghdad