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• As you look through you can see moves towards equality and how men use to play a bigger role in the family. Women have more power. Religion is no longer public and for everyone to see. Religion stay in church and at home. Trade has brought new ideas and the discovery of many things. “Pastoralist offered a technological solution to the ecological problems.”

Hammurabi’s law played a big part in history from 1700 BCE and even in today’s society. Hammurabi’s laws were made “to seek to uphold social order in Babylon.” (WFHUA, L 3.3 p. 18) Hammurabi’s law “117. If a man sells his wife or child to settle a debt, they shall work in the house of the buyer for three years, and regain their freedom in the fourth.” (p. 18) In Things Fall Apart it’s a patriarchic society. “Gender plays a big part in what your role is in a family. The Men are in charge and the women did what they were told to do by the men. Once a women was married her “main jobs were to cook for their husband and children and to look after the children.” In communities money always brings power. “Titles played a big part in everything weather it was roles, economy, family, or marriage.” To earn titles you needed money. “Men ruled all of the communities and women didn’t have much say in anything.

Women had no say in marriage. The fathers would negotiate a deal and then display the daughter and then finalize the deal.

Hierarchy maintained order the men were the security force so they had the privilege of being in control.

Ancient civilizations where hierarchical. Women were considered less than men. They were the head of the family and had control over

women’s lives and this has been established since the Code of Hammurabi was written in

Trade brings new ideas and discovery still in today’s world.

• “Pastoralist and Complex civilizations and different due to the nature of their governments.”

• Trade and selling of goods to make more money leads to more travel and discovery of new places.

• The Portuguese wanted gold and land, so they started sailing across the ocean in hope to find gold and land.

• Trade routes• Quotes from global trade routes, asia, greek• Trade can lead to war

Trade still in today’s world brings new ideas and discoveries.

• Rome was a big places for people to travel to sell and trade goods.

• “Knowledge is power.” In order to have control, freedom, and democracy you must have knowledge.

• “Pastoralist offered a technological solution to the ecological problems.” With their population growth that brought new challenges. Pastoralist were warriors and had a strong military, they started training their children at a young age. They need a strong military to protect their animals and people, but to also keep enemies away. To get food you had to hunt and gather. They domesticated animals for meat, milk, wool, hides, and power. They could sell this stuff to people in complex civilizations for good money. They used pull carts, wagons and chariots.

Religion is no longer public it is private.

• Religion played a big role in every day life, everyone had a religion they believed in and were very loyal to it. Big religions were..

• Judaism- 10 commandments• Hinduism-recarnation• Christianity • Religion explained why the word was created.

Religion brought people together and tore them away.

• In today’s society marriages and families are more equal. Today women have much more say. Men propose and women have the final say yes or no.

• In today’s world Religion doesn’t take any everyday role in everyone's decisions. . Not everything is based around religion because of all the different religious beliefs. Not everyone belongs to a religion and goes to church every Sunday. You don’t have to marry some of the same religion or belief

• Today we still sell and trade goods with each other but we do it with more technology.

References• Hammurabi’s law Seeks To Uphold The Social Order in Babylon (About 1700 BCE). In World

History For Us All. Big Era3, Landscape 3.3. Retrieved from http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/eras/era3.php