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Today in Western Civilization we added more notes to our arsenal from the PowerPoint. We even dove into other religions like Christianity. One thing we learned is that the story of "Noah's Arch" is based off of "Epic of Gilgamesh" which are both about a flood flooding the world and the god(s) of both religions. Also, the governments in ancient times were based around the religion and their Gods and Godesses. We also went deeper into Hammurabi's Code. A code of laws made by King Hammurabi, King of Babylon. His laws had things in it that were like "An eye for an eye" or "A life for a life". Like if I was to build a house and it was built poorly and killed the person living in it, I would be put to death. Or if i was to poke out someone's eye, I would have one of mine poked out. There are also more severe punishments for minor crimes. Like if you try to rob someone, you would be put into the wall that you entered through alive and remain there until you die.

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