History Research about "What does the code of Hammurabi tell us about Babylonian [Mesopotamian] society"

Week 3 - Paper #1 Prompt: What does the code of Hammurabi tell us about Babylonian [Mesopotamian] society? For example, what do we learn about the Babylonian notion of justice? About social classes? About marriage and the family? About women? About property? Read sections of the Code of Hammurabi located at the Avalon Project - Yale Law School. This is an excellent version. Use a search engine to find. URL https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp Minimum reading: Crime and property: 6, 8, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24 Contracts: 48, 53, 59, 117 Women and family: 128, 129, 130, 142, 143, 155, 156. Assault and injury: 195, 196, 197, 198, 100, 200, 201, 202. Liability: 229, 230, 231, 232, 251, 252. Discussions: Law codes are a excellent primary source. The outline major features of a society. But note there are limitations. Are all of Hammurabi's laws followed? Of course not! Some inhabitants follow the laws -- some do not. The laws reveal a broad range of behaviors. Remember that the laws are written by the literate, powerful few. Remember also to always consider the social context of the society in which they are established. The aim of this paper is for you to read the document -- the primary source -- and write YOUR OWN understanding and analysis of the Code. You may consult other sources -- and you do have the account in your textbook. But again - the aim is for you to develop your own capacities to read and understand and analyze primary documents. ALL papers in this course are based on primary sources. We are not interested in what others have written -- we are interested in YOUR understanding and analysis. Do not plagiarize. · Carefully read and understand the assignment above and examine the grading rubric below so that you can complete the assignment. The grade will be determined with the Rubrics below on how well you achieve the objectives of the assignment. The book should be used to complete this assignment but additional research may be employed to achieve the best possible grade. Please use proper citation when utilizing sources, both the text (or other secondary sources) and primary sources. I suggest using the Chicago Manual of Style (typical for historians). I also suggest you use footnotes. The page length for this assignment is a minimum of two pages; 1.5 spaced with one inch margins in 12 point Times New Roman font. Include at least TWO quotations from the Code of Hammurabi (the primary source) with proper documentation using footnotes. Again - I suggest using the Chicago Manual of Style for citations and for your bibliography. For example -- a footnote has this formatting: 1 Edward H. Judge & John W. Langdon, Connections: A World History, vol 1 Second Edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2012), p. 37. Translated work - footnote: Tonino Guerra, Abandoned Places, trans. Adria Bernardi (Barcelona: Guernica, 1998), 85l For example a bibliography has this formatting: Judge, Edward H. and John W. Langdon. Connections: A World History. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2012. The header of your paper (placed on the top of the first page) is to be several lines with the following information: Your name, the title of the course, Essex County College, the date. For a concise review of documentation using the Chicago Manual of Style. See the OWL site at Purdue University for help. The assignment must be saved in Word with the following file nomenclature and uploaded into the Moodle. The history paper will accomplish the following objectives: The student should be able to answer the following criteria items in their finished work. Basically, the student is demonstrating their understanding of what the primary source reveals about the society of the Babylonians. Then, to substantiate the concepts presented by the student, the student must establish the social/historical context of the primary source. In order to complete this assignment successfully, the student needs to understand and construct an essay that demonstrates that the student has an understanding of the following. Review these important points before you write since these are intended to be helpful. The time period during which the primary source was written and details pertaining to the time period in history during which the primary source was written/published. (If there is or are identifiable authors: What history/events propelled the author(s) to write the document?) Set the historical stage – establish what was going on in the time period of the author(s). The main point(s) of the primary source. The student must be able to successfully communicate these points; the major themes or correlated concepts presented in the primary source. What does the document communicate to its audience? NOTE: To meet this objective, it is imperative to demonstrate successful analysis of the source, not just a listing of points made in the source. Provide an explanation as to your analysis of the source as a window into Babylonian society. What are possible long-term impacts of the primary source? [For certain primary source you can consider: How does the source/writing AFFECT events/history as we know them today for both the time period it was written and in relationship the impact on us in modern day?] You lucidly organize materials -- carefully used evidence -- into well-formed paragraphs and arrange your ideas/overall argument logically. You clearly and effectively document use of the primary source and secondary sources using the CMS; format is complete and entirely accurate. You write in complete, well-constructed sentences with faultless grammar, word choice, punctuation, and spelling; writing is sharp, coherent.