Hammurabi Honor Killings

What were the historical impacts that the artifacts and the mummy of King Tutankhamen had on archeology and society? This research is conducted over the impacts of the treasures in King Tutankhamun’s tomb, archeological findings on the walls that alter historical context and assumptions, a deeper understanding on the reign of Tut himself and his great excursions, and the autopsy of the mummified King. There will also be an overview of the effects this discovery had on culture and society soon after its discovery, and a brief discussion over the tomb. A primary source being evaluated for research is the book Egyptomania by Bob Brier which explained what sort of cultural impacts the discovery had on the tomb, the society craze towards it, and the industrial response set by corporations. A secondary source is the novel Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley which analyzes all aspects on the discovery of King Tut including his life, his death, and his autopsy.

Hammurabi’s code comes with punishments and rewards, these punishments and rewards make Hammurabi’s code unjust and just. Bases on the documents, Hammurabi’s code offers harsh punishments for mistakes, and nicer rewards. This essay will examine the punishments of Hammurabi’s code, as well as the rewards, and decide whether to not it is just. Now let’s start a new adventure into Hammurabi’s code.

Men were allowed to have extramarital relationships with maid-servants and slaves, but women were to be killed along with their lovers (Van de Mieroop, 11). The double standards Hammurabi set around this one law are sometimes seen even in the current legal system

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At the time of Hammurabi’s ruling, no king had yet to establish a set of written laws by which citizens could abide by and follow to prevent injustice. Although some kings may have initiated laws to their people, no one had ever actually written a set of laws down so each individual could know what was actually required of them. With his new law code, Hammurabi stressed the importance of having codified laws as in a sense they control what we do as humans each day. If we were not to have these laws, people would murder, steal, rape and terrorize others whenever they felt it was right and would not be punished for committing these grave injustices. Ultimately, our society would end up in complete ruin. Today in American society, Hammurabi’s

As expressed by Young (2002), male dominance was not present in Oglala society, both genders had complimentary roles within their community and both were considered equally important. Although women were the caretakers, they did not think of themselves less than their husband’s counterpart who had to hunt to support his family and protect them against other enemies. However, in Islam, patriarchal families were institutionalized as a way of excluding women from becoming involved in the professional arena, which contributed to the decline of their social status. While men were allotted to commit adultery with their slaves or prostitutes, women were punished with death if found guilty of the same act.

Historically, domestic violence on females has evolved drastically. It used to be a norm for women to be objects of their fathers or husbands and lacked civil rights. In many cultures, domestic violence was not preceded as a crime. According to Marcia Chaiken’s article “Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice,” she explains the history of violence against women and how it has evolved through the centuries. Chaiken states how women experience physical and sexual violence by their intimate partners which leave harmful effects on mental and physical health, and their ability to live healthy and productive lives. In the past, men had the right to use physical force against their wives and forcing sex was considered a private relational problem. Forcing sex was sought as romance back in the day, not rape. Religions generally discouraged the act of physical abuse within relationships, but women had to obey the men because they lived under his roof. A common perception of the past was that a man’s home was inviolate and authorities cannot interfere with relationships. Around the 1960s, women

For her protection and maintenance, her father, brother, uncle and husband the stronger sex are obligated and legally bound to guard her honor and maintain her sustenance and proper living circumstances according to their abilities, throughout the stages of her life. Islam has forbidden men and women equally from being indecent publicly, and this translates differently for the two sexes for natural reasons. All must protect virtue in private, and guard themselves in

unequally in marriage, in court, and in society. Difficulty through marriage for Muslim women can come from age, divorce, and having to be subservient to their husbands. Not only is there difficulty in marriage, but also in the unequal treatment in the islamic justice systems, such as when “evidence given by a female witness counts for half that given by a man” (Dargie 22). Although the societies of major Islamic countries differ, it is clear that women are not represented equally to men in any of them, for example having to dress and act certain ways so as not to attract any attention from men. However, there are Islamic women who are willing to change how their religion views females by speaking out and encouraging others to do the same.

Throughout the last decade, malls have consciously begun the trend of failing. Mark Dery’s Dawn of the Dead Mall was written in hopes of persuading change in the environment f malls. By making changes, malls will hopefully begin to thrive once again. Malls, to most, are the best places in America. They “have provided an architecture of elegance and pleasure” (Dery, 2012, p. 3). Creating new malls with an aesthetic appeal, yet still containing the architect many love, would improve the amount of dead malls compared to thriving malls. Dery includes the opinions and ideas of others to further validate his thesis.

In some societies, women in the judicial process have very few rights that are the same as men, and their punishment seems to be much greater. Treatment by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and by other groups such as the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood all contribute to how women are treated legally. Zohreh Arshadi asserts that in countries such as Iran, "The Islamic punishments have encouraged a culture of violence against women...The fact that men receive a lighter punishment if they commit a violence against women undoubtedly encourages such violence. We saw how women could be killed with impunity during alleged adultery. Stoning to death for adultery, although technically admissible for both sexes, has also been carried out mainly against women” (Arshadi 2012). It is in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and some non-Middle Eastern countries where the Qur’an is taken as a literal word and law, and there is constituted into actual state law. This means that certain texts from the Qur’an are used to treat women violently. For example a passage in the Qur’an states: Hadith Muslim (4:1982)  The Prophet said, “I saw Hell also. No such (abominable) sight have I ever seen as that which I saw today; and I observed that most of its inhabitants were women. They said: Messenger of Allah, on what account is it so? He said: For their ingratitude or disbelief

With a screeching scream and a squirt of blood, the boy’s hands were cut off. The boy’s hands were cut off because he had hit after he was unhappy with him for not buying him a toy he wanted. The year was 1755 B.C.E, in the kingdom of Babylonia - ruled under the mighty King Hammurabi. If this was a punishment right now, you would think that it would be way too harsh and abnormal. However, this punishment was a real one - in ancient Babylonia. During the 38th year of King Hammurabi’s reign, he made a set of laws that were extremely fair for its time, but very harsh too. Hammurabi claimed that the laws would protect the weak. The question is, was it fair, and did it live up to Hammurabi’s claims? Well, we’re about to find out how it was. It was fair because of its family laws,

The Quran also justifies polygamy in the Muslim lifestyle. The Muslim social order was vehemently opposed to self-determination for women and declared only men could repudiate their spouses. The fear of self- determination was linked to fitna, so women had to be constrained. The family hierarchy of male domination was determined by the Prophet’s life with women and leads readers to recognize the complexity of masculine vulnerability to the attraction of women. The sexual power of women over men has dictated much of the Islamic sharia regarding marriage. Men had the right to sexual satisfaction, but women also had to be sexually satisfied so as not to commit or tempt other men to fornication.

The purpose of this paper is to explore patriarchal values that reinforce violence towards women in intimate partner relationships. This paper argues that patriarchy and the social construction of masculinity reproduce male violence against women. The following sub-issues that that will be discussed are patriarchy, capitalism, the religion of Islam, and the construction of masculinity and femininity. All the sub-issues encompass patriarchy values which allows inmate partner violence.

The World Health Organization states that globally, about 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. In the Middle East and other parts of the world, planned domestic homicides, or honor killings, are carried out due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. According to Human Rights Watch, honor killings are generally performed against women for "refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce—even from an abusive husband—or committing adultery," or exhibiting behavior perceived to have dishonored the family. In some parts of the world, where there is a strong social expectation for a woman to be a virgin prior to marriage, a bride may be subjected to extreme violence, including an honor killing, if she is deemed not to be a virgin on her wedding night due to the absence of blood. Bride burning or dowry killing is a form of domestic violence in which a newly married woman is killed at home by her husband or husband's family due to their dissatisfaction over the dowry provided by her family. The act is often a result of demands for more or prolonged dowry after the marriage. Dowry violence is most common in South Asia, especially in India. In 2011, the National Crime Records Bureau reported 8,618 dowry