Hammurabi's Code

Today we decided to take the first portion of the class talking about the test this week. There was talk of having it either tomorrow or Thursday but we didn't full decide. I just emailed Mr Schick asking which day so I know when to study for it because I need to. I'm not really great at remembering facts, I'm better at remembering concepts we talked about in class. This lesson is kind of hard for me to pick up which is why I really need to know when this test is. I really hope it's on Thursday because I'm taking up most of my night studying for an Earth Science quiz. I really need to study for Earth Science because I haven't read any of the assignments assigned so far. Anyway, we started to talk more about Hammurabi's Code today and what they really mean. Most of them are quite harsh and strange but probably made sense to the people back then. They had a very different government and environment back then so that's also contributing to these laws. Women and peasants didn't play a big role in society so when it came to their rights, there were barely any. If something happened to a rich person, their consequences or awards would be much different than a lower class man or woman. It really bothers me how low they thought of women back then and some of the laws were very degrading to them. These laws basically outlined the saying of an eye for an eye. It's weird how some of these laws can relate to the Ten Commandments of the Catholic religion. We talked about that told because they actually mention an eye for an eye in the bible. I remember writing a paper on it in my Intro to Bible class last semester. Mr Schick said he would move our test to Thursday if we had a great discussion on the Code and I think we did a pretty good job. Everyone participated and gave their opinions on the laws and we all got down to the real meaning of the laws. I really really hope Mr Schick is moving our test to Thursday so I have more time to study and prepare.