Thursday, February 9, 2012

Enheduana of Sumer

Have you ever wonder who was the first author and writer that singed his work.Well in the land of ancient Sumer now modern day Iraq there was a daughter of a great and powerful ruler named Sargon. He was born on farm with a family of farmers but he made his way up to being king, we don't know exactly how. Sargon had two twin sons and a daughter. His sons were named Rimush and Manishtusu. Sargon expected his sons to follow in his foot steps but his sons only had yen to be kings but not the talent. Enheduana was appointed by her father to be a high priestess to the god Nanna the important moon god. To be a high priestess she had to leave her city and go to Ur, one of the most sacred places. There she was given the room all the way on top of the ziggurat, the room closest to the heavens. She preformed many rituals but her most important one was the annual new year. She knew how to write which was really rare for women since only a few men knew how to write. She wrote 42 poems and was famous at her age. She had the potential and talent to be a king but only a man could. When her father died she was kicked from her position and sent to the dessert but she said she will have the last laugh.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Help Wanted


Army Commander
Looking for an army commander
If you were looking to become a soldier why not become an army commander .This is a one in a life time opportunity so don’t miss it. The requirements are: 10 years of military training and one year in blacksmithing practices. For more information contact the four shield tavern owner.

Cavalrymen
Did you every wish to be more than a regular soldier?
Well look no further since we have the right job for you. Do you want to help your country and get paid? Well now you can. For the requirement you just have to have 3 years of training in horses taming and 3 years in military training. You will get paid a fair amount.

Basket maker
Basket maker needed.
If you know how to make a basket we need you. All you need to know is how to make baskets. We will tell you how the basket has to be made and look, and all you need to do is make it. You will also have to make it in a certain amount of days; we will pay you on how the basket looks.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Hammurabie's Laws

A long time ago there was a ancient ruler Hammurabi who ruled over the city called Babylonia, he was the first king of the Babylonian empire. He is best know for his set of rulers called Hammurabis Code that he created and that ran his empire.In this set of codes there were around 280 rulers all written on a giant stone table. These rules can be fair but at the same time not because some of them depend on the social class you are in. These rules are partly fair because most of them follow the rule of  "an eye for an eye", for example if you were to kill someone by bad construction it is clearly stated:" A builder who sells a poorly constructed house that collapsed and kills it owner may be put to death. If the owner's so rather than the owner is killed in the collapse, the builder's son may be put to death." With this rule at first it dose sound fair but we have to take into consideration that if the building is make well but the harsh weather make's it collapse it not necessarily the builders fault. Although some rules are pretty fair like this one:"If, due to crop failure resulting from either a flood or drought, someone is unable to pay interest on the debt, he may be excused from interest payment that year." This rule to me seems pretty fair since you cant control natural disaster. Although some depend on being the right social class." If a person destroys a gentalman's eyes, his eye may be destroy in turn.If he breaks a gentalmens bone, the same bone in the body may be broken.If a person destroy a slaves eye, he has to pay the owner of the slave for damage." As i said before some rules are fair and some are not but one thing that i can conclude is that they were harsh.