A n c i e n t b a b y l o n
Babylonia’s history is considered to have started with Hummurabi, Babylonia's king, who started ruling in 1792 BC. Hammurabi branched out and established a large and powerful kingdom in the region that had been formerly owned by the Sumerians. Within the 16 and 12th century BC, the Kassites, Assyrians, and Elamites, gained control over Babylonia. Babylon later fell to Persia and ended Babylonian independence and also the history of the ancient Mesopotamian empires.
As of how the Babylonian people lived, they made sacrifices of food, drinks, and incense to the gods daily. The Babylonian society was separated into three classes; the upper class, called awilu, the lower/middle class, called mushkenu, and the slaves, called wardu. Babylonian women had few legal rights; one being the right to own property and to engage in business. Men on the other hand, had many more rights. The men could easily divorce their wives and sell their children into slavery if they were not able to feed, clothe, and shelter them.
As of how the Babylonian people lived, they made sacrifices of food, drinks, and incense to the gods daily. The Babylonian society was separated into three classes; the upper class, called awilu, the lower/middle class, called mushkenu, and the slaves, called wardu. Babylonian women had few legal rights; one being the right to own property and to engage in business. Men on the other hand, had many more rights. The men could easily divorce their wives and sell their children into slavery if they were not able to feed, clothe, and shelter them.
Babylonians also shared many of the cultural achievements held by the Sumerians, such as their advanced techniques in agriculture. Babylonians were also skilled engineers. They used the Sumerian counting system, which closely resembled the decimal system used in much of the world today. They used a sophisticated system of writing and developed a system of education similar to that created by the Sumerians, their "leaders". School were important cultural environments, and the curriculum consisted mostly of memorizing information in the languages of the Sumerian and Babylonian people.