Hammurabi is best known for a set of laws he gave to his empire known as the Code of Hammurabi. The laws are written below the figures in cuneiform using the Akkadian language. The fingernail shows Hammurabi standing, receiving the laws from the seated sun-god, Shamash.
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I’ve got over 400 ideas for Ancient history on my Mystery of History 1 pinterest board.Here is a replica of one of the Steles discovered with the Code of Hammurabi, it is meant to resemble an index finger. Still want more Ancient Babylon resources? The Babylonian empire defeated the kingdom of Judah, and so I am including the lessons specific to the Babylonian empire, because it gives some interesting insights. Epic of Gilgamesh– this is an Ancient Sumerian legend the Babylonians added into their mythos.Fall of Jerusalem– see history acted out with Legos.Darius 1 preschool lesson– who says ancient history is only for older kids?.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon– Warning, I have not read the full book, but I was looking through the sample and it intrigued me, but we don’t have a Kindle. Yes, I do read textbooks for fun sometimes. I’d call this a high school level book, and it’s got some fun primary sources and information in it. The Revenge of Ishtar– This is part of the Gilgamesh epic, which is technically Sumerian, but it’s also very Babylonian in the illustration styleĪ History of the Ancient Near East– I bought this as a resource for me when I saw it in the store one day. Ancient Babylon resourcesīecause it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t have a few books I’d found over the years, also I like books. I’m going to come back later today and fix some stuff, because I actually have an entirely different post that’s supposed to come out today, it’s only 7:56 and it’s already THAT kind of Monday). (So, I thought this was scheduled to go out next week because I’m still adding information and finding more posts, but apparently not, hence why it originally published with no pictures or anything. Through our many years of teaching homeschool history, and covering ancient history twice now, I’ve collected a few Ancient Babylon lessons, so I decided to collect them all together into a Ancient Babylon Unit (I know it should be an Ancient Babylon unit, but when I say it out loud it sounds wrong, why is that?). This has given me a few things to draw on as we’ve gone through our ancient Babylon units The Babylonian ruins were particularly fascinating to explore as they had large portions of walls that were intact in the museum to explore.
We spent large amounts of time in the British Museum traipsing about through ancient ruins, and trying to figure out what those people were thinking. When Jeff and I got married we went to London for our honeymoon.