1. Describe and explain
the connection that
exists between the
advent of agriculture
and codification of
law in the Near East.

2. Hammurabi’s Code

3. Hammurabi’s Code
What was the political structure of Sumer?

4. Hammurabi’s Code
What was the political structure of Sumer?
What nomadic warriors invaded and conquered
ALL OF Mesopotamia around 2000CE?

8. Babylonian Empire

9. Babylonian Empire
• What city did the Amorites make their
capital?

10. Babylonian Empire
• What city did the Amorites make their
capital?

11. Babylonian Empire
• What city did the Amorites make their
capital?

12. Hammurabi’s Code

13. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?

14. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?
• Why did Hammurabi commission the Code? (i.e. what
purpose(s) did it serve?)

15. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?
• Why did Hammurabi commission the Code? (i.e. what
purpose(s) did it serve?)
• What principles guided Hammurabi’s Code?

16. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?
• Why did Hammurabi commission the Code? (i.e. what
purpose(s) did it serve?)
• What principles guided Hammurabi’s Code?
1. Retaliation

17. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?
• Why did Hammurabi commission the Code? (i.e. what
purpose(s) did it serve?)
• What principles guided Hammurabi’s Code?
1. Retaliation
2. Discrimination

18. Hammurabi’s Code
• The Amorite Empire reached it’s height under what king?
• Why did Hammurabi commission the Code? (i.e. what
purpose(s) did it serve?)
• What principles guided Hammurabi’s Code?
1. Retaliation
2. Discrimination
3. Government Responsibility for Society