AP WORLD HISTORY Introduction: This assignment will practice skills used in Document Based Questions which are an important part of the AP World History course. Read/analyze each document below. Answer the questions in the space provided. After doing this‚ use this information to write a DBQ essay based on the rubric provided below. You will be grade on perceived effort more than expertise. Do not copy or plagiarize someone else’s work. If you have specific questions about the assignment
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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC.) is the most prominent legal document of ancient Mesopotamia. It was discovered by French archaeologists in 1901 during the excavation of the Elamite city of Susa. Black basalt pillar on which was carved the Code retained the image of Hammurabi. The Code consists of 282 laws and represents the centuries-old result of legal thought and practice. It demonstrates the significant influence the laws of ancient Sumer and Akkad. The Code of Hammurabi provides a clear
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The law of the Babylonian Empire- Hammurabi code held people responsible for their actions. Laws differed from place to place. Laws have developed and changed over time because at first the early civilizations used the Babylonian empire and then as the time went by early river valley civilizations such as; Sumer‚ Egypt‚ Indus valley and china started to develop their own laws and forms of government. For example the Sumerians built independent city-states governed by monarchs and united the city
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Book Citation Pomeroy‚ Sarah. Women in Hellenistic Egypt: from Alexander to Cleopatra (New York: Schocken Books)‚ 1984. Author’s Goal The author’s goal in writing this book would be to inform people about ancient women focusing more on Egypt and sounding areas. Women were not very popular in ancient times; therefore people know less about them compared to men. Because of the lack of information many people argue about the status of ancient women‚ Pomeroy wrote this book to provide as much information
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White Temple‚ Uruk (Iraq) – C.3200 BCE‚ was one of the most important places in Southern Mesopotamia. The arrangement of the Sumerian cities echoed the dominant role of the gods in daily life. According to (Kleiner)‚ the White Temple was built more than five years ago and its city had a population of more than 40‚000 people. Moreover‚ the city was formed with the foremost temples to each kingdom’s leading god. The builders of the White Temple did not have the access to the stones therefore‚ they
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HIST 120 June 17‚ 2013 Chapter 1 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? Life and human fortune was very instable in Mesopotamians’ eyes. People just observed death and afterlife from a distance and some made them into a series of myths. For instance‚ “The Epic of Gilgamesh” expresses its idea on eventual death. No matter how hard Gilgamesh tries to lengthen his life‚ his death is predestined. The Mesopotamians viewed afterlife as an inevitable end. 2. What is the message
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is there for the people‚ to protect them. Division of labor‚ because when there are multiply doing different jobs a project getting completed more efficiently‚ opposed to multitude of people on one job. A good example of this would be Sumer in Mesopotamia. Not only did the Sumerians‚ have a complete understanding of trading they had some-what of a social structure by 2500 B.C. By 5000 B.C. the Sumerians were in the process of developing a writing system witch had evolved into pictograms and kept
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Feature Historical Insight The Impact of Metals on Society Part I: Antiquity Raymond L. Smith Over 5‚000 years‚ our quest for metals has led us to strange lands‚ on bold adventures‚ through terrible hardships‚ and to great riches and devastating failures. Immeasurably‚ the fates of entire nations and peoples have been shaped by this quest. tion for many centuries. A product or process might have been developed in one area and‚ through trade‚ passed to another in a short period; or‚ because
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Document 2.1 1.) The Mesopotamian ideal of kingship is looked down upon. The kings treated the commoners & peasants so poorly during this time. 2.) That the afterlife isn’t so great. Gilgamesh goes out to find morality but it turns out it is tragic. “There is the house whose people sit in darkness; dust is their food and clay their meat.” That doesn’t sound like much fun. That states that even in the afterlife you can be miserable. 3.) The philosophy of life that comes from the Gilgamesh Story
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metals. Bronze Age begins. Chapter 3- 3100 BC Menes rules Egypt. 2500 BC Cheops rules Egypt. 2100 BC Rebellion in Egypt (then back to normal). 1370 BC Akhenaton rules Egypt believes in one God. Chapter 4- Days of Week based after Gods. Mesopotamia‚ unlike Egypt was ruled by many kings‚ most important tribes are Sumerians‚ the Babylonians‚ and the Assyrians. Sumerians had already built houses and temples of brick‚ at Ur. 1700 BC King Hammurabi rules Babylonia‚ oldest law book. Abraham leaves
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