Monday, October 3, 2011

Mesotamian city-Babylon

The city- state of Babylon which was located between Euphrates and Tigris river made an impressive history. Babylon is Akkadian "babilani" which means "the Gate of God(s)" and it became the capital of the land of Babylonia..
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-Economy
Around the temple lots of house which was made with sun-dried brick and inhabited by farmers and artisans.The population is estimated from 10,000 to 50,000. As they had swamps and deserts, they started irrigation for agriculture. By Babylonians used irrigation, they could get fertile soil. All water from Tigris and Euphrates River


-Language
The Babylon civilization was from Sumerian culture of third millennium BC. Therefore Babylon literature had consist of Sumerian writing in Akkadian language.
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-Law
Babylon was rule with Hammurabi code. it is something like this.


1.If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.
4.If he satisfy the elders to impose a fine of grain or money, he shall receive the fine that the action produces
14. If any one steal the minor son of another, he shall be put to death.


Not these three codes, there were about 300 codes more.


Source:http://www.bible-history.com/babylonia

Saturday, September 24, 2011

By Cooking foods

 Cooking was important for old people by making them healthier, and foods were getting better taste. 

The old people was not cooking from the first. At the first, they just ate raw meat, raw vegetable, and all of raw things. By this reason, old people, Australopithecus or Homo Erectuce, had sharper teeth at that time. By the way, their brain was getting bigger and smarter so they invented better weapons, some bowls, and fire. By using these invertions, Hunting was easier, Stating agriculture, and Using fire and cooking. In addition, since they started cooking food, their teeth have been evoluting by foods what they usually ate. Furthermore, Before they cooking, they usually got disease from raw foods; however, they had healtier food by cooking food and it was not decomposed easily. Lastly, Cooking brought a new life and made more intelligent brain. If they could not find it, we might live in cave still.