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Chapter 1 - OLCPCAD1 - Institutional Corrections
Chapter 1 - OLCPCAD1 - Institutional Corrections
Kahalagahang pampanitikan
–
nakapagpapalutang ang mga
manunulat ng
kanilang layunin na
mapahalagahan ng
indibidwal ang kanilang
karanasan. Sa
pamamagitan ng mabisang
paggamit ng
manunulat ng retorika ay
napapasok ng
panitikan ang kamalayan ng bawat
nilalang.
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Chapter
1
At the end of this chapter the student should be able
to:
Hammurabi
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His family was descended from the Amorites, a semi-nomadic tribe in
western Syria, and his name reflects a mix of cultures: Hammu, which
means “family” in Amorite, combined with rapi, meaning “great” in
Akkadian, the everyday language of Babylon.
In the 30th year of his reign, Hammurabi began to expand his
kingdom up and down the Tigris and Euphrates river valley,
overthrowing the
kingdoms of Assyria, Larsa, Eshunna
and Mari until all of Mesopotamia
was under his sway.
Hammurabi combined his military
and political advances with
irrigation projects and the
construction of fortifications
and temples celebrating Babylon’s
patron deity, Marduk. The Babylon
of Hammurabi’s era is now buried
below the area’s groundwater
table, and whatever archives he
kept are long dissolved, but clay
tablets discovered at other ancient sites
reveal glimpses of the king’s personality and statecraft.
The black stone stele containing the Code of Hammurabi was carved
from a single, four-ton slab of diorite, a durable but incredibly
difficult stone for carving.
CODE OY HAMMURAbI
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A Law Code Divided in Pieces
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kingship, Nanna and Utu, are invoked, after which the king is said to
have established equity in the land. This included the banishment of
malediction, violence, and strife, as well as the protection of
society’s weakest individuals. After the prologue, the text deals with
the laws themselves.
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References:
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hammurabi
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-
writings/code-ur-nammu-when-ancient-sumerians-laid-down-
law-everyone-obeyed-009333
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