Babylon

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The Babylonian system of mathematics was sexagesimal (base 60) numeral system. From this we derive the modern day usage of 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 360 degrees in a circle. The Babylonians were able to make great advances in mathematics for two reasons. Firstly, the number 60 is a superior highly composite number, having factors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60 (including those that are themselves composite), facilitating calculations with fractions. Additionally, unlike the Egyptians and Romans, the Babylonians had a true place-value system, where digits written in the left column represented larger values (much as in our base ten systems: 734 = 7×100 + 3×10 + 4×1). The Sumerians and Babylonians were pioneers in this respect.

The metal proves that one is capable of being a priest.

Homesickness gets annoying, but here's what helps:

1. Have FUN! When having fun, you forget homesickness.

2. Try not to call too much, as it can make you sad.

3. Don't bring pictures unless it helps. It doesn't help me, it just makes me sad.

4. Try and distract yourself. Talk to others, read, sleep, play, sing or dance if it helps!

Just remember: this is YOU. You matter on this trip so have tons of fun.

yes hammurabi had many slaves. He didn't traet them well though. he abused them.

They were in exile for 70 years. This is because they were supposed to let the land lie fallow every 7th year, but they had not done that for 490 years. God therefore exiled the people for 70 years for the land to receive its due rest, after which they were to return.

Ziggurats were huge "stepped" structures with, on their summit, far above the ground, a temple. This Temple would have been to the city god. The city ziggurat would easily be the most conspicuous building in the city, towering above any visitors coming to their city. Therefore the ziggurat was not just a religious center but also a center of civic pride. Any visitor could not but see the ziggurat. The ziggurats were built on an immense scale: in the time of Hammurapi they would sometimes reach the height of 150 feet. Around the base there might be more temples or in some case accommodation for priests. Some of the earliest proper ziggurats were built by Ur-Nammu (2112-2095), a late Sumerian king of Ur. These were with three "steps" but later Ziggurats had as many as seven "steps".

Similar structures to ziggurats have been discovered at the other side of the world, in Central America. The Aztecs and other people inhabiting the area built huge "stepped" structures for worshipping their gods. These however were some 3000 years after the early Mesopotamian ziggurats.

Hammurabis code was significant because it was one of the earliest forms of patriarchy in the world. Hammurabi also said the phrase an eye for an eye, and so on. Women were not important in this society, if you read some of his code you will notice. If a man does something wrong he can always sell his wife and children into slavery. Also class was very important in this code. If a man of higher status did something wrong the price would be less than if a man of a lower status or a woman commited the same crime.

hope this helps.

cheese and pickles

They were found in southern Iraq. King Hussein built a palace facing the city. The buildings were crumbled down but most of the Ishtar gate remained. It was begun to being built by the dictator Hussein but the war with the United States brought the works to the end.

Hammurabi's Code is important because it was one of the first forms of Law. Plain and Simple, It's important because it was a code that all had to obey lest they suffer the consequences detailed in the code.

Johnny C.

Babylon is 80km from Baghdad in the city called Al Hillah

The Babylonians had many geographic problems that they had to adapt to. The first one was that their land was very hard to defend. It was flat and dry. They worked around this by creating city walls made of bricks and mud. The second was the low supply of natural resources they had to deal with. To cope with this they started their own trade network. The final problem was the spontaneous flood and drought problem. They started an irrigation system by digging ditches so that when ever they received rain it would flow into the ditches down to the irrigation system, and it would stay out of homes, roads, etc. and it would no longer flood.

Hammurabi was the 6th king of Babylon.

Some say that the references to Babylon were really references to Rome. Since the authorities would have considered it treason to refer in this way to Rome, it was safer to use the name of Babylon, while Christians would have privately known what was meant.

Another view is that when the Book says Babylon, it means Babylon. This view sees the Book of Revelations as consisting of two layers: a more ancient, spiritual layer that was merged into a Christian book with messages to the early churches. On this view, the more ancient layer could have been from Judaic mysticism, or from a form of proto-Christianity.

"An eye for an eye ..." is a paraphrase of Hammurabi's Code, a collection of 282 laws inscribed on an upright stone pillar. The code was found by French archaeologists in 1901 while excavating the ancient city of Susa, which is in modern-day Iran. Hammurabi is the best known and most celebrated of all Mesopotamian kings. He ruled the Babylonian Empire from 1792-50 B.C.E. Although he was concerned with keeping order in his kingdom, this was not his only reason for compiling the list of laws. When he began ruling the city-state of Babylon, he had control of no more than 50 square miles of territory. As he conquered other city-states and his empire grew, he saw the need to unify the various groups he controlled.

The most visible one was the 60 digit mathematical system. The Babylonian system of mathematics was sexagesimal (base 60) numeral system. From this we derive the modern day usage of 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 360 degrees in a circle. The Babylonians were able to make great advances in mathematics for two reasons. Firstly, the number 60 is a superior highly composite number, having divisors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60 (including those that are themselves composite), facilitating calculations with fractions.

Chariots were built in Mesopotamia as early as 3000 BC

Zerubavel ben She'altiel. He was the grandson of the last king of the First Temple period.

2 Kings 25 - The Fall of Jerusalem and the Captivity of Judah

A. Jerusalem is conquered.

1. (1-3) Jerusalem under siege.

Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

It had a well known trading post since grain and fruits were not scar since Babylon had plenty of water. The Babylonian civilization, which endured from the 18th until the 6th century BC, was, like the Sumerian that preceded it, urban in character, although based on agriculture rather than industry. The country consisted of a dozen or so cities, surrounded by villages and hamlets. At the head of the political structure was the king, a more or less absolute monarch who exercised legislative and judicial as well as executive powers. Under him was a group of appointed governors and administrators. Mayors and councils of city elders were in charge of local administration.

he was ruthless and had no mercy but he was also very smart

The Babylonian Empire was founded by Hammurabi in 1763 B.C.E. In 1595 B.C.E., the Babylonian Empire fell to a Hittite invasion. In 612 B.C.E., the Babylonian Empire was revived after the city of Nineveh was sacked to the ground. In 539 B.C.E., it was invaded by the Persians and ceased to exist as a empire (with a brief time of independence from 522-520 B.C.E.).