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1、World HistoryIn the beginningFirst Civilizations: Africa and Asia (3200 B.C. 500 B.C.)Ancient SumerSumer, the oldest civilization of the Middle EastFertile CrescentSumerThe Sumerians made great advances in mathematics and astronomy.So you can blame them for algebra and GeometryUsed 6 as their numeri

2、cal base SO1. 60 minutes in an hours2. 360 degrees in a circleEgypt: Gift of the NileEgyptian civilization arose along the fertile banks of the Nile River in northeastern Africa.Nile River MapS E C T I O N 5The World of the HebrewsThe World of the Hebrews began in Ur of the Chaldeans (Sumer)Abram (P

3、atriarch) heard God tell him to go to a Promised LandMesopotamias located at a geographical crossroads for trade & Migrationincluding , Assyrians & Persians!animism The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena Hammurabi1790 BCBabylonian KingCon

4、quers most of MespopotamiaLaw Code of HammurabiCode of Hammurabi Standardized Law = Consistent Codified Law = WrittenEveryone knew the LAWIf not equal everyone had equal protection under the law even womenCode of HammurabiThe Code of Hammurabi was a list of 282 laws brought together and written on a

5、n 8 foot tall stone pillar in 1280 AD for all the people of Babylonia to see.What is most famous about Hammurabi?You probably assume it was one simple law.“An eye for an eye.”And although that was a law, and it is famous, Hammurabis code was a set of laws for everyone to follow, with set punishment

6、if not followed. Brilliant Idea? Right?#229 If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction sound, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death.#110 If a sister of god (nun) who is not living in

7、a convent opens a wine shop or enters a wine shop for a drink, they shall burn that woman. 53 If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition, and does not so keep it; if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and

8、 the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined. 21 If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal), he shall be put to death before that hole and be buried. 195If a son strike his father, his hands shall be cut off. 196If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. An eye for an eye 197If he break another mans bone, his bone shall be broken. 198If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina. 199If he put out the eye of a mans slave, or break the bone of a mans