Tue., 10/22

Do Now—Exercise 15D:Choose four of the Laws of Hammurabi from the reading packet and write a one sentence summary of each in the four boxes in Exercise 15D. Write the law number in the blank for each.

Babylonian Astronomers—Explore: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/astronomer/explore/exp_set.html

HW:Exercise 15E—Your answer:

Summarize what we have learned so far this quarter in five complete and original sentences, as follows:

a) Two sentences summarizing the period between 2004 B.C. and the early eighteenth century when Hammurabi’s Babylonian empire rose to prominence.

One sentence each summarizing Babylonian cultural achievements, as follows:

b) Babylonian astronomy

c) How Babylonians reckoned (counted) time

d) Babylonian law and the source of its enforcement (viz., rule of law)