Babylon: Myth and Reality. Teachers' resources, Key Stages 2 and 3 (Background information for teachers)
Museumtekst voor leerkrachten: Mesopotamië als 'tussen de rivieren', Hammurabi en zijn wetten, ziggurats, ontstaan van schrift en kleitabletten, scholen voor schrijvers, irrigatie-landmeting.
Titel
Babylon: Myth and Reality. Teachers' resources, Key Stages 2 and 3 (Background information for teachers)
Organisatie
The British Museum
Jaar
2008
Taal
en
Pagina’s / fragmenten
p. 2 (Hammurabi), p. 4 (Religion, Ziggurats), p. 5 (Writing, Learning)
gratis (laatst gecontroleerd 3 november 2026). PDF zonder account.
Bestaan gecontroleerd
3 november 2026, Claude (scout, Sonnet): PDF gedownload en pagina 1-5 gelezen. p. 2: 'In about 1792 BC Hammurabi became the sixth king of Babylon ... He conquered cities in north and south Mesopotamia and made Babylon the capital city of a Babylonian empire ... draw up a set of laws, some of which were based on older Sumerian laws ... standardised justice'. p. 4: ziggurats van modderbaksteen met gebakken buitenlaag, 'tall, stepped religious structures', gebouwd door Ur-Nammu (c. 2112-2095 v.o.t.) in Ur en Nippur. p. 5: 'Writing began in southern Mesopotamia well before 3100 BC ... to record the collection and distribution of food supplies'; 'Most writing from Mesopotamia is on small clay tablets'; 'The first schools were places where scribes were trained to become state administrators'; 'Surveying ... was used to help construct irrigation systems'.
Gebruikt in
Mesopotamiëgeraadpleegd: p. 2 (Babylon, Hammurabi), p. 4 (godsdienst, ziggurats), p. 5 (schrift, scholen, landmeting, bibliotheek van Assurbanipal).