Veto q&a 7 Month22 (1)

2018
April
@brain mapping
the code of Hammurabi
• Hammurabi was the greatest of the Babylonian rulers
• The code of Hammurabi is the first written code of
laws known to history
• The famous “Hanging Garden” was built by the
Babylonian King Nebuchad Nezzar
• The Hanging Garden is considered one of the
wonders of the ancient world
• As a result of the joint contribution of the Sumerians,
the Babylonians and the Assyrians, there flourished
a great civilization in Mesopotamia for long time
• The Assyrians were known as the first Military power
of the world
• The Assyrians were the first use iron in battles
Social life
• The society was divided into three - the farmers,
labourers and the slaves
• The social regulation was based on religion
• The temples were the centres of education
cuneiform Script
• The Sumerians evolved a system
of writing called cuneiform.
• They used nearly 350 signs.
• Their writings were from right to
left.
• Most of the books of this
period described gods and their
activities.
• One of the most famous of these
is the epic of gilgamesh
• This had earned Hammurabi the title ”The world’s
first Law giver”
• The code covered almost all aspects of man’s life
like - debt, marriage, divorce, property, payment
of taxes etc.
• The Laws were engraved in Semitic Language of
the Amorities
• The penal code fixed punishment of crimes. This
law based on the idea of ”an eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth”
• 285 Laws were arranged in logical manner.
• They carried trade with Indus and Nile Valley people
• The Babylonian merchants carried on commerce by
barter at first and the city of Babylon became the
centre of the international commerce
• Mesopotamians are the first people to tame the
animals
• Dog was the first tamed animal by the Mesopotamians
• Letter writing was started by the Sumerians
Science and astronomy
• They made use of a Lunar calendar of 365 days
divided into 12 months
• The Sumerians calculated one hour as 60 minutes
and 60 minutes as 60 seconds
• They divided the circle into 360 degrees (60 x 6)
• The Sumerians contributed taxes, seals, bills,
receipts, documents, calendar etc to the
world
• The Sumerians were the first people to
invent the use of wheels and vehicles
• The ziggurat or towered building also
served as an observatory
• The Sumerians knew planets like
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars
• Ancient astronomers Naburi and
Kidinnu made many contributions to the
science of astronomy.
• They adopted units of sixty to count
time. The Sumerians mostly used
Sexagesimal system of counting
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