Rameses the not so great

Should Rameses II have been so concerned about his reputation in history? Is historical reputation important for leaders today? Why, or why not?

Rameses II should have been concerned with his reputation, for it gave him power over others. Although I personally disagree with this form of power, it brought Rameses power for a long time and fame for much longer. If it weren't for his fame, he probably would not have stayed in rule for so long, and as for fame, up until the late 19th century A.D., he was thought as a great King, but recent information tells us that much of his fame was false.

Old Egypt

1) Are the similarities between early Egypt and Sumer so great that the two civilizations ought to be regarded as influencing each other? Why,  or Why not?

I'd say no, for it doesn't seem that Egypt and Sumer ever effected each other. I believe this was mainly because firstly Early Egypt was surrounded by desert and was isolated for the oust part along with Egypt and Sumer being separated by the Medateranian Sea. They were both very different from each other, so they would probably not have understood the other's culture. For instance, Egypt's culture completely revolved around the Nile.

3) How does the architecture of Egypt and Sumer reflect the worldviews of the two early civilizations?

For Egypt, the pyramids reflect their worldview greatly. Firstly, the enormousness of the pyramid shows that the king was  a person of great importance. Then the tomb itself. The way the king is buried along with the hieroglyphics shows three things. Firstly, life after death, secondly, the gods, and thirdly, order life, death, and ressurection.

Code of Hammurabi

Today I will be blogging on some of the paragraphs in the core of Hammurabi.

2) The first thing i see when I look at this is that "justice" is often based off of luck, but I think that they believed it had more to do with the divine than luck. 

5) In this paragraph, it shows that the judicial group were highly important, and judging was a big deal in the country. The judges weren't above the law, but instead were held highly accountable to the correct judgment of other citizens.

9) This helps with two things in the country. Thievery and false accusations. If a person were to buy a stolen item, this law protects them from being in trouble for an accidental purchase, and the thief gets highly punished for his actions.

26) This law helps and hurts the country. It discourages people from not going to war because they could lose their main way of life, and be "put on the streets", but in another way it kind of helps someone to be a mercenary. The hired person could easily become the owner of a fairly nice house.

32) This law seems strange at first until you read the last phrase. Basically, if a captured person can buy his freedom, but only with his house, he shall not give his house, but the community will pay for his freedom. This law is intriguing because it makes no sense that the community would have to pay for a captured person, but The reason why he shall not give his house is beacause that was like their identity. I was like giving your debit card or driver's license. I am not quite sure how I feel about this one.