Social Science Review

Siento no haber podido poner lo que dimos ayer en Sociales pero, hoy pongo las dos =D

Social Science Review

Today we have not see a lot of things, we see only the Sumerian Culture and Assyrian Culture but we have also see an interesting video.

social science: hammurabi's code

•  Hammurabi was a king of Mesopotamia.
•  He reigned in Babylon: the richest and the most powerful city.
• He created the earliest form of laws, Hammurabi's code (282 laws).
• They were engraved in stone and settled in public places.
• Based on "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"(retaliation).

1. Criminal laws: rules that define conduct.
2. Civil laws: disputes among individuals.

      * There was an exception: Hammurabi believed gods had power over people and events.

Deberes y Social Science Review

Antes de que se me olvide, vamos a repasar los deberes y sociales.
Primero los deberes. Hay que hacer los ej. de la Plataforma Eleven de matematicas. Para los de Frances hay que estudiar para los examenes los dias 18 de Diciembre y 25 de Enero, tambien hay que hacer en el ordenador los ej. 2 y 3 de la pagina 14. Y por ultimo de los deberes hay sociales. Hay que hacer los ej. 2, 3 y 4 de la pagina 99, de la pagina 100 los ejercicios 1 y el 2 (el dos en el libro) y, traer plastilina y una bolsa para este viernes.

Social Science Rewiev:
Today we saw The Code of Hammurabi, an interesant Mesopotamian code.
And, we saw the Mesopotamian Society.
Privileged groups had most of the wealth an all the power:

• The aristocracy
• Priests
• Civil servants

Part of the population was free, while slaves had no rights:

• Peasants
• Craftsmen
• Women

Social Science: society in early civilizations

Social Science

Early civilizations

Today we talked in class about the society and culture in Mesopotamia.

Society

•    Privileged groups:

1. Aristocracy:

                - King's family
                -  Nobility

            * They owned most of the land.
            * They occupied the highest goberment possitions.


     2. Priest:

            * They controled religious rituals.

     3. Civil servants:

               - Like scribes

                  * They can:
                           - read
                           - write
                           - count

• Most population were free (except slaves):

    4. Peasants:

            - They rented king's land

            - cultivated:

                          * baley

                          * wheat

                          * beans

   5. Craftsmen:

           - worked in workshops

           - They were:

                   * weavers

                   * carpenters

                   * jeweller

  6. Women:

          - men's property

          -  half salary

Religion

            - polytheistic: believed in many gods

               - god were similar to humans but immortals

               -Temples: gods residences: ziggurats

First schools

          - In Mesopotamia

          - Attended: 

1. Men of rich families
2. NO GIRLS
3. scribes
4. scholars/students
5. scientist
6. theologists

social science: early civilizations

EARLY CIVIZATIONS

Today we talked in class about early civilizations.

• The invention of writing was about 5.000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
• Writing was an important invention because it marked the beginning of History.
• It was used for record information about: taxes, population,trade and grain.

                 The first civilizations were:

1. Mesopotamia.
2. Egypt.
3. India.
4. China.

They were river civilizations because they were near rivers :

• Mesopotamia: between Euphrates and Tigris.
• Egypt: Nile river.
• India: Indus river.
• China: Yellow and Blue river.

In river civilizations were:

•  Hierarchical: they were divided into two clearly differnt groups:

1. Rich people: they owned most of  land.A minority.
2. Poor people: they were the majority of population.

• The king was the most important person, he made law, he had religious functions, he led the army:civil servants.
• There were large-scale building works:palaces, tombs, temples and canals.