This is the real deal…Hammurabi’s Code carved into a STELAE. This particular stelae is located in the Musee Du Louvre in Paris, France. You will read about these stelae that were placed around the empire of Babylonia.
The region known as Mesopotamia is one area in the world where people first began to engage in agriculture instead of just hunting and gathering. It is important for you to understand why this particular area was ripe for settlement. This is a simple interactive for the “Land Between Rivers” that will remind you how the Sumerians survived and grew as a people.
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To get a closer look, click on point “A” and then click where it says “Zoom Here” several times. You can see what is left of the city of Ur today! Remember to thank our friend Sir Leonard Woolley for this fabulous find…
After clicking on picture, make sure to click on “slideshow” in the top right hand corner of the following Flickr page.
Lots of activities for learning about this early Neolithic town.
Mr. Bally