Eventually they were released and sent back to Israel by the Persian conqueror Cyrus. First in the 700's BCE being attacked by the Assyrian (Northern Mesopotamian) king, Sennacherib, and in the 600's BCE, being taken captive by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar for several hundred years and held in exile in Babylon. The new place that God brought Abraham to was called Canaan, later Israel.Īfter Abraham, it would be some time before the Hebrews would have more "negative" interactions with Mesopotamia. ABRAM means "exalted father", while ABRAHAM means, "father of many", indicating the "many nations" which Abraham would father according to God. He also was given a slightly modified name, "Abraham". In return, to mark his people as the chosen of God, the men would be circumcised. If Abram would migrate to the place God told him to, he would "create a great nation" from Abram's "seed". However, it seems that Abraham did not hold with the mythology of the city folk, and tried to convince even his own father, an idol merchant, to worship only one god.Įventually, the one God that he worshipped spoke to him and made a "covenant" or promise/contract. This was during the time of the Babylonians, around 2000 to 1800 BCE. Abraham, the father of the Hebrew people, according to the Torah, was born, as "Abram" in the "city of Ur", which is one of the great cities of Mesopotamia! So THAT is the biggest "relationship". It IS considered a historical primary source and many of the historical incidents related within, have been corroborated by writings from other cultures, like the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians. The history we know of the Hebrew people comes mostly from the Torah (the first 5 books of the Christian bible).
#MESOPOTAMIA SCRIBE CODE#
Some have seen the Code as an early form of constitutional government, the presumption of innocence, and the ability to present evidence in one's case.Īh.good question. For example, if a person from a noble class broke an enslaved person’s arm, they would have to pay a fine, whereas if a noble person broke another noble person's arm, the offending noble would have their arm broken. The Code consists of 282 laws with scaled punishments depending on social status, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". Written in about 1754 BCE by the sixth king of Babylon, Hammurabi, the Code was written on stone stele-slabs-and clay tablets. Hammurabi’s code is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. It’s similar to the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu of Ur’s code, written from 2100 to 2050 BCE. One of the most important works of this First Dynasty of Babylon was the compilation in about 1754 BCE of a code of laws, called the Code of Hammurabi, which echoed and improved upon the earlier written laws of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria.
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