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Babylon
This ancient city state of Mesopotamia was known for housing the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was in the Fertile Crescent and located just south of modern day Baghdad.
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How did Arabs treat people they conquered?
In the Middle Ages, Arab Muslims treated non-Muslims in a way that was superior to contemporaneous civilizations and introduced the concept of religious tolerance (as opposed to Europe which was practicing the exact opposite at the time). However, it is nothing close to equality or Rights. An important thing to note is that the concept of Rights comes out the Enlightenment. Prior to this point, there was a system of privilege wherein the Ruler would provide privileges (out of the kindness of his heart) to a certain group of people to do acts. A person did not have the "right" to anything and this was the mentality worldwide.
The Pact of Omar was a document of submission signed by the Caliph Omar and defeated Christians and Jews during one of Omar's Wars. While the factual accuracy of that story may be doubted, there is no doubt that the Pact of Omar formed the basis for the treatment of non-Muslims in the conquered territories. The Pact of Omar set out a number of regulations that will be described in this answer.
The Dhimmi, or non-Muslim under Arab Muslim occupation was required by the Pact of Omar to pay a number of taxes that were connected with his Dhimmi status. The most famous was the jizya, which was a tax that Dhimmi had to pay for Muslims for the right to not be killed where they stood for not acknowledging Mohammed's Prophecy; it was a form of humiliation. Additional taxes included the kharaj, which was a tax on non-Muslim* land-holdings in the Muslim World. The kharaj was so untenable that most Dhimmi were forced to live in the cities where the tax would not be applicable. There was also inequality concerning the justice system. On paper, a Christian or Jew could testify against a Muslim, but in reality, such testimony was not acceptable and the attempt to defame a Muslim would receive retribution. Christians and Jews were not allowed to build new houses of worship, restore old houses of worship, proselytize in any way (this included religious debate or dialogue), or allow wine or pigs to be shown in public.
Polytheists were forced to convert to Islam with some rare exceptions (such as the Hindus in India). Zoroastrianism was the majority faith in Iran until Islam almost completely extinguished it, both by sword, economic inequality, and brutal repression of Zoroastrian customs (unless they could be Islamicized like Nourouz).
This system of inequality between Arab Muslims and non-Muslims persisted up to the colonial period, when it reversed. As a result of colonization, the segregated Dhimmi System gave way to a new, modern bureaucratic system where Europeans were the dominant class and natives, regardless of their religion were second-class, unless they became part of the bureaucracy. To do this, a person would require an education in order to become literate and be able to successfully perform functions in the Arab World. As Jews and Christians sought education, they were able to ascend the hierarchy and become relatively powerful compared to the Muslim majority. When the Islamic World became independent, only the Lebanese Christians were able to maintain this dominant position (and only until the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1991). In other countries, the end of colonization saw a brief rise in Anti-Semitism followed by a mass exodus of Jews from majority-Muslim countries for Israel, UK, France, the United States and Canada. Those Jews and Christians who remained garnered a more equal status than anything that they had previously had under Muslim leadership, but still are unequal in terms of their inability to proselytize, the unofficial "requirement" to avoid offending Islam in public, and the need to seek the authority of high government officials to build new houses of worship or to repair existing ones.
*Although Muslims also had to pay the kharaj in theory, in practice the tax rate for kharaj on Muslims was slight compared to the amount required by the Dhimmi peoples.
What is the similarity between Hammurabi and sargon?
Sargon and Hammurabi are both great rulers. Sargon of Akkad was an Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states. Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis.
Period of time a leader rules a country?
4 years
it could also most likely be called a reign. That is the time they spent as king,or president or whatever. for example.... during Obama's REIGN he saved all the blacks from death.
Why were food surpluses necessary for civilization to develop?
In order to answer your question, let me give a simple scenario:
You have a group consisting of 10 people. All they do every day is farm and farm and barely harvest enough food to survive. All they think about is their next meal, nothing more, nothing less. Each person makes enough food only for themselves. Now, let's say that one of people in the group learns how to grow more food to feed not only himself, but another person. He can feed two people now, so that second person no longer has to worry about where his next meal is coming from, he can focus on other things, such as making weapons and becoming a soldier, train to become a priest, or any other aspiration. Let's say he decides to become a soldier. Now this one person can defend his tribe against an attacking tribe. Now the people have a sense of security and in turn, they will start to grow more food. Since there is more food available, more *cough cough* babies will be born because they decide that "Hey, that lady/guy over there looks good". Eventually, you will get to the point that one person can grow enough food the feed 100 or more people. The other people that aren't farmers are something else, such as soldiers, priests, scribes, merchants, etc. The leadership positions (priests, scribes) organize the society and begin planning out the systems used for agriculture and raising an army. That is how civilizations are born.
Who developed the code of law in Babylon?
Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon, developed the code of law there.
Who was the most famous king of Babylon?
Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great"the Great King" (Akkadian Šarru-kīnu, meaning "the true king" or "the king is legitimate"), was a Semitic Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 23rd and 22nd centuries BC. The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned during the last quarter of the third millennium BC. He became a prominent member of the royal court of Kish, killing the king and usurping his throne before embarking on the quest to conquer Mesopotamia. He was originally referred to as Sargon I until records concerning anAssyrian king also named Sargon (now usually referred to as Sargon I) were unearthed.
Sargon's vast empire is thought to have included large parts of Mesopotamia, and included parts of modern-day Iran, Asia Minor and Syria. He ruled from a new, but as yet archaeologically unidentified capital, Akkad (Agade), which the Sumerian king list claims he built (or possibly renovated). He is sometimes regarded as the first person in recorded history to create a multiethnic, centrally ruled empire, although the Sumerians Lugal-anne-mundu and Lugal-zage-si also have a claim. His dynasty controlled Mesopotamia for around a century and a half.
How do you think Hammurabis code of laws affected and changed citzens of that time?
The code became the rule of the Empire and educated the citizens that laws have to be obeyed.
Did Hammurabi invent the Hammurabi code?
Answer
Yes. The Code of Hammurabi, (or Codex Hammurabi) is a set of laws and penalties devised by the Babylonian King, Hammurabi, in approximately 1700 BCE.
Only one complete example of the codex remains today. It was discovered by Egyptian archeologist Gustav Jéquier in Iran (formerly Susa, Elam), in 1901, and is on display at the Louvre, in Paris.
The text of Codex Hammurabi has been translated from cuneiform to English. You can view a copy via Related Links, below.
Why was hammurabi a good ruler?
Hammurabi's law code favored women and children by requiring widowed fathers to spend their deceased wives' dowries on their sons; requiring men to support their first wife, even if she remarried; allowing women to keep their dowries if they left their husbands; allowing widows to keep their dowries.
How is Hammurabi's code different from Canadian laws?
Law is a set of rules or principles dealing with a specific area of a legal system. It helps the area run smoothly and it stops people from doing whatever they want to do. Canadian law is a set of laws gathered from unlike civilizations and one of them happens to be code of Hammurabi.
Hammurabi's code has 282 laws all covering various topics. He organized his laws under groups such as family, labor, personal property, real estate, trade, and business. Our own government, copies this technique, when making laws they are placed into their fitting group of similar laws. This type of organization was created in Hammurabi's code.
Hammurabi based his code on many beliefs like, the strong should not harm the weak, and that the time should fit the crime. In government today they very much believe in this too, however they do not have the same punishments Hammurabi had made.
In the code, crimes punishable by death needed a trial in front of judges. These crimes were bigamy, incest, kidnapping, adultery and theft. There are also laws comparable to today.
Why was Hammurabi so important to world history?
Because it was the first set of codified laws known in history.
Why did Hammurabi write his law code?
Hammurabi extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and westward to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as king of Babylonia, and the greatest ruler in the first Babylonian dynasty. Hammurabi is primarily remembered for his codification of the laws governing Babylonian life.
The king took over Babylonia when the times in Mesopotamia lie in confusion, turmoil, and constant war. King after king manages to rule a city-state or a small empire for a short time by conquering neighboring city-states. But these kings are cruel to the people of the conquered city, rule unjustly, and leave turmoil and a struggle for power. Hammurabi took over to be another kind a king who ruled to unite Mesopotamia under a just law.
Why was Hammurabi's law not fair?
Hammurabi's laws were cruel because one of his laws was to cut off a son's hands if he hit his father. Another law stated that if you are caught in a robbing a place, you would die. If I was Hammurabi and I made the laws, I would send them to jail. Finally, I would let the accused talk instead of not hearing what they had to say.
Why was the code of Hammurabi a major achievement?
The Law Code of Hammurabi was written. It could not be misunderstood. Thus, while it made conditions rough for the people on the lowest rung of society, it did not subject them to an official's whim. They could not be convicted under bills of attainder or by secret previously unknown laws, as happened in the American Colonies under King George III.
How did Hammurabi's code help?
They were like an early version of laws that had consequences in illegal acts, consequences that are sort of like an "eye for an eye" thing.
Who made the laws in the code of Hammurabi?
Hammurabi wrote it. He was the ruler of the Babylonian empire from 1795-1750 BC.
What were the Babylonians known for?
They attempted to build a tower that reached the heavens, but were cursed and all spoke different languages.
ok first of all not true that guy said up there cause he is a scrub. And they are known for making Hammurabis code and they were fierce warriors. And one of their leaders I forgot his name bruaght the place back to life after it had fallen to the assyrians. Hope that helped
Who built the hanging gardens of Babylon other than just king Nebuchadnezzar?
The gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Nebuchadnezzar to create an alliance between the two nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of Mesopotamia depressing. The king decided to relieve her depression by recreating her homeland through the building of an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
Why is 210 of hammurabis code of laws is cruel?
The Code of Hammurabi was the earliest written legal system in human history, so therefore it was also necessarily less sophisticated than later systems, since it has taken a long time for the human race to ponder philosophical issues relating to crime and punishment, and to arrive at a more sophisticated understanding of those issues.
