Today in class we read about Hammurabi's code in the text book to review background information on what they are in order to complete a worksheet. Hammurabi's code was the first set of written laws. We took crime and laws that were broken in that time period and decided what we thought a fair punishment would be using our laws and methods from our time period. Many people thought that fines and jail were the best consequences but there were still some people who decided chopping off body parts and beating people was the best way to go.
Today in class we reviewed for our test on Egypt: Upper Egypt- 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the nile (mountain area) Lower Egypt- Wide land of the nile delta (sea level) In 3100 BC Narmer united Egypt Pharaoh is king and god- all powerful Egyptians relied on harmony and balance of the universe which they call "maat" gods were portrayed with animal heads or bodies people in Egypt believed in after life called ka they preserved bodies with mummification Earliest Egyptian writing formed in 3100 bc and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics papyrus- paper Papyrus was stored in scrolls and were books of ancient Egypt Jean François Champollion discovered hieroglyphics Egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transportation ability on the nile- technological breakthrough British archaeologist who discovered tutankhamon's tom in ...
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