FAWM #6: Hammurabi

posted February 24, 2010

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  1. I needed this song today! Was going over the story of Abraham with 9th graders and Hammurabi’s code came up on the PowerPoint (not my class or my powerpoint) and I was a bit stumped. Luckily, the parts about inheritance, concubines, and slaves were enumerated, so I could sort of fake it. You have enlightened me! Thank your mom 🙂

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