Thank you for this! I played it while I read my textbook that contain's King's translation!! Sped it up by 1.5x and breezed through 40 pages of my assigned reading in under an hour
I find it boring. People talking about places and people nobody knows these days. They weren't very smart, they should have left clear marks and signs that this is the place named this and that and this guy named this and that was here. I was just here because I got curious who this Hamurabi is. Some other video said he ordered the enlightened, skilled and talented people of his kingdom to teach and pass on their knowledge to the younger generation of his kingdom. Even this guys reading it sounds boring.
Aaron Valerio They where just like you and me. They all had lives as complex as ours. They loved, cried, felt joy, hoped for a better tomorrow and died; just like we all must. Can’t you take a moment to imagine how their world was, or how you might think of having to live under that law as they did?
@@SevenFluffyKittens This is the distinction. It was an attempt to breach classes, to impart rational 'morality' in an accessible way, which then justified punishment.
the current inhabitants are the descendants of Babylonians. Only your narrow prejudice against them blind you. By the way, your people when Hammurabi was writing this code were no more than apes living in caves eating each other so be humble my friend.
I heard an excerpt from this on a completely unrelated podcast and was like, "wow, that guy sounds exactly like Sargon. Does Sargon have another channel?" And now I'm here
narrators note: there's no law 13... I once read that the number 13 was the number of mercy...seems to be lacking in this law code...so makes sense...in a way? haha love these videos sargon
Randomness65535 Hammurabi purposefully skipped the number 13 because of its ties as being a symbol of Unholy or bad luck. your AP World History Teacher should mention it when you come across this chapter in the textbook.
Since I have to study this text for my Ancient Middle East History class, thank you very much, although I have to ask, is this is a recent translation, or one of the earlier ones?
because it was currency and pretty much your everything. if you couldn't pay with coin you could usually pay with your harvest (usually corns for people but you could also get taxed with livestock or their produce)
Hi Sargon! I am not a native English speaker but my English are at a pretty good level.Unfortunately despite being highly interested in the Ancient Recitation videos i cannot comprehend everything you say.I personally think that you are reading them too fast.I find ideal the reading speed you have in your normal videos when you read an article.Just wanted to let you know.
***** I think it is more important than his normal videos to be concentrated on listening to him here. It is a quite the different experience and not how most people are used to "reading."
***** Well Argentarii it is not so much that i don't anderstand what he says(i do) it is that as i said i cannot fully comprehend it.In other words it does not have the time to sink in.For example i understood fully "Pericle's Funeral Oration" Because i had already read it in Greek. To recap it is not a matter of translation but a matter of true understanding what it says and means (since those texts are not simple novels ,they have a deeper meaning,and many times they require interpetation in the context of the ancient civilisation they existed in) If it is something only i experience then by all means Sargon carry on with the same speed.
Ancient Recitations To be honest, I'd personally rather have "Sargon just reading cool ancient shit" than an "official audiobook". But do as you see fit, of course.
Just heard it today too, anyone know if he signed off on it to them or know about it? Kinda funny considering radiolabs extremely left bend, but i still always listen to it.
13 has been considered throughout history as a number of bad luck. Many hotels have been built with no 13th floor. It's a number associated with 13 months in the year and goddess worship, which was off-limits in the new patriarchy.
Damn, so basically you only had to be able to swim and you could get away with anything and get multiple houses.. And #14, you will only "be put to death" if you steal the MINOR son of another, so you were free to steal the older sons...? huh...?
The code wasn't actually numbered, it was separate paragraphs. However, the translater numbered those paragraphs and committed a typo skipping number 13. However, people thought the number 13 was cursed because the code included lots of death sentences.
Corn =/= maize. Anything called corn prior to Europeans landing in the Americas refers to the original meaning of corn, which can refer to anything that can be used to make flour, also oats and barley.
You are categorically wrong. In the Hammurabi code, there are 30 death sentences, in the Moses code, there is 10 death punishment, in Sharia, there are only 2! Your opinion and thoughts are based on utter ignorance, phobia, and hate. avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
Prologue: 0:01
The Codes: 5:58
Epilogue: 1:04:43
Thank you for this! I played it while I read my textbook that contain's King's translation!! Sped it up by 1.5x and breezed through 40 pages of my assigned reading in under an hour
I thought you were going to talk about some phenomenal effect-Ish thing you did.
The code starts at 6:00.
SARGON!! What an awesome recording. Thank you so much. This was a treat. I should have known you would have done something awesome like this.
I'm glad you keep putting these out. I really love them.
H E S H O U L D B E P U T T O D E A T H
I kept saying in my head "Wait for it...PUT TO DEATH!"
EXACTLY
You are an idiot
The ancient world is so fascinating
I find it boring. People talking about places and people nobody knows these days. They weren't very smart, they should have left clear marks and signs that this is the place named this and that and this guy named this and that was here. I was just here because I got curious who this Hamurabi is. Some other video said he ordered the enlightened, skilled and talented people of his kingdom to teach and pass on their knowledge to the younger generation of his kingdom. Even this guys reading it sounds boring.
Aaron Valerio How's that job at McDonalds going? :)
Aaron Valerio They where just like you and me. They all had lives as complex as ours. They loved, cried, felt joy, hoped for a better tomorrow and died; just like we all must. Can’t you take a moment to imagine how their world was, or how you might think of having to live under that law as they did?
Primus Pilus 14 they were doing fine under Hammurabi’s law until “they were PUT TO DEATH”
The executioners were BU SY!
Most crap idiot comment i ever seen here.
You surely is a superficial loser moron.
Did you know that the code of Hammurabi was not the first written law? For instance the law of Ur-Namu was created 300 years earlier in Sumer.
Gabriel I am so glad to read and listen about my city I lived in sumer south of Iraq
Ok boomer.
nerd
@@SevenFluffyKittens This is the distinction. It was an attempt to breach classes, to impart rational 'morality' in an accessible way, which then justified punishment.
Source?
Everything shall put to death
Wouldn't it be easier for them to say "everyone shall be put to death, except in these occasions:"? The code would be less than 100 rules long I bet.
My AP World History told me to read all of the Code of Hammurabi. Ain't nobody got time for that.
🤣
Im doing it in workplace history
I'm doing it for fun while at work lol. Read, listen, same thing 🤷♀️
Thank you for this work. I have been enjoying it for some time, and felt I should give credit where it is due.
The crime rate should've been very low when almost everything is punishable by death.
You should read Justinian's code of laws next.
Thank you for all your works and Excellent information
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Wow. Those curses at the end make the ones in fantasy games/novels/movies/etc. seem like a minor inconvenience.
Interesting how, in some particular aspects, the Babylonians had better laws and customs than the current inhabitants of the same land.
Its ironic
Yeah, the pre Islamic Middle East was better off.
They have better more efficient rules than American society today!
Yes! I've thought this recently
the current inhabitants are the descendants of Babylonians. Only your narrow prejudice against them blind you. By the way, your people when Hammurabi was writing this code were no more than apes living in caves eating each other so be humble my friend.
i play this before going to bed... ur voice is really nice
It’s a product of its time, but very fair for the most part.
Man if we employed this code law today we'd live in a peaceful Utopia. No crime.
With all those lacunas, I'll never know who to execute when someone harms a captain's gifts.
You will have a *BLUE LA[GOON]NA* random chopped hands! 🙃
Great work, thanks to all for creating this!
I heard an excerpt from this on a completely unrelated podcast and was like, "wow, that guy sounds exactly like Sargon. Does Sargon have another channel?" And now I'm here
List starts at 6:00
But then you miss the Akkad name drop :P
thx
Thanks
narrators note: there's no law 13...
I once read that the number 13 was the number of mercy...seems to be lacking in this law code...so makes sense...in a way? haha love these videos sargon
BrutusAlbion What source/text did you "read that the number 13 was the number of mercy[?]" That's very fascinating. ^_^
Elround4 no idea, heard it sometime...so don't hold me to it xD I'm not into the whole numerology thing.
Most ancient cultures weren't merciful or compassionate. The Laws of the Old Testament, are very liberal compared to the other nations back then.
@@MTB214 thread necromancy brother, reviving this old thread like you're dark magician of the forbidden arts.
@@BrutusAlbion haha. I am listening to this for the first time now.
Why is there no law 13? Were the ancient Mesopotamians actually also superstitious about the number?
Rule 13: There shall be no rule 13.
Manny Lenz I'd say it's still a rule in that case ;p
*****
Rule 13) You don't talk about Rule #13.
***** They haven't found all of the laws I think.
Randomness65535 Hammurabi purposefully skipped the number 13 because of its ties as being a symbol of Unholy or bad luck. your AP World History Teacher should mention it when you come across this chapter in the textbook.
oh dam, long one but ancient Babylon, too good to pass up. I have coffee I am comfy, lets do this.
Damn I first read this as Code of Harambe....
I am Watching this cause I have an exam on it
Me too I am gr 7 in sabis fakhir mergasori
Youhan Hanna same
Guys me too
The reader is so boring I swear
@@youhanhanna248 same I am in grade 7 sabis sharjah and the book is boring af and I have the exam tommorow
same and I am dying
They just loved throwing women into water~~
and now we love throwing water into them
Totties need to learn.
They just liked wet women
Learn to swim= Mesopotamian wisdom
I think I just found a new drinking game 🤪🍻🍺🍻🥃🥂
Since I have to study this text for my Ancient Middle East History class, thank you very much, although I have to ask, is this is a recent translation, or one of the earlier ones?
Genesis 26:5 KJV
"Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my *laws*
It is fascinating that we still speak a very similar language to that which Hammurabi spoke "shemsh" is the sun we say in modern Arabic "shemes"
He did the best he could. He tried to come up with laws for as many situations as possible. Some of the laws are a little ridiculous
Excellent!
05:58 the code of laws
Legend
6:00 start of laws
I just watched this whole thing.
why did they take so serious about sesame and corn
because it was currency and pretty much your everything. if you couldn't pay with coin you could usually pay with your harvest (usually corns for people but you could also get taxed with livestock or their produce)
it looks like during hammurabi's time death penalty was the go-to solution for many problems xD
It would have been a lot harder to house and feed people in a prison back then, I think.
Hi Sargon!
I am not a native English speaker but my English are at a pretty good level.Unfortunately despite being highly interested in the Ancient Recitation videos i cannot comprehend everything you say.I personally think that you are reading them too fast.I find ideal the reading speed you have in your normal videos when you read an article.Just wanted to let you know.
Greg Makropoulos Ah okay, I didn't think about that. I'll try and read a little slower in future!
***** I think it is more important than his normal videos to be concentrated on listening to him here. It is a quite the different experience and not how most people are used to "reading."
***** Well Argentarii it is not so much that i don't anderstand what he says(i do) it is that as i said i cannot fully comprehend it.In other words it does not have the time to sink in.For example i understood fully "Pericle's Funeral Oration" Because i had already read it in Greek.
To recap it is not a matter of translation but a matter of true understanding what it says and means (since those texts are not simple novels ,they have a deeper meaning,and many times they require interpetation in the context of the ancient civilisation they existed in)
If it is something only i experience then by all means Sargon carry on with the same speed.
***** These recitations have a lot of less common English words, which makes them a bit harder for non-native speakers to understand.
Ancient Recitations To be honest, I'd personally rather have "Sargon just reading cool ancient shit" than an "official audiobook".
But do as you see fit, of course.
There's one law I see as a little fairer, if a farmers crops fail he shall not pay rent to the owner or corn.
I'm guessing Babylonian physicians didn't have malpractice insurance
hour long video at 3 am fuckin time zones
pleasure to listen, make more records please
Thank you.
Not too bad on adultery and divorce. The man has to give his wife property to take care of her and her children if he wants to divorce her
i am iraqi
i proudct Hammurabi
im assyrian, my brother
An hour of that voice = I'm staying up tonight xD
Those curses at the end are something else. Hammurabi was one malicious little psycho, wasn't he?
+Peter Blease A lot of power and the fear of the unknown can be a dangerous combination.
Not once did I say he was an "idiot". I said he was malicious, and regardless of his social upbringing, he was quite the ruthless individual.
Hammurabi, Sargon, Nimrod, Tammuz, Adoni, Adonis, and Odin/Wotan have many commonalities.
Sargon is sampled on the "Asking for a friend" podcast on radiolab. Pretty sure it's from this video.
Just heard it today too, anyone know if he signed off on it to them or know about it? Kinda funny considering radiolabs extremely left bend, but i still always listen to it.
The first few minutes of titles sound like Skyrim quests he completed lol
shit. If we where still under Hamurabi's law there would be no people left :-s
#130, at least a man can forgive his wife if she cheats on him and she doesn't have to be thrown into the water!!
Question how do you push an OX and kill it?
I think theres a uhhh a scythe facing up?
Nah im stoopid
I know this is old sorry but im pretty sure they mean work it to death
Any chance you'll read the Iliad and Odyssey?
this just got sampled on a podcast produced by WNYC studios. stay tuned for an apology
The laws aren't in a numerical order... how is there no law 13?
13 has been considered throughout history as a number of bad luck. Many hotels have been built with no 13th floor. It's a number associated with 13 months in the year and goddess worship, which was off-limits in the new patriarchy.
you should do a reading of hobbes' leviathan
the code of hammurabi was about pimping 304s rt
Read Exodus , there are similar laws after all the Israelites were sojourned there for over 90 years no wonder the laws sound similar he!!!
Damn, so basically you only had to be able to swim and you could get away with anything and get multiple houses..
And #14, you will only "be put to death" if you steal the MINOR son of another, so you were free to steal the older sons...? huh...?
I think it’s funny that he says “humble the proud” but he’s also very egotistical lol
Thx
Is Sargon reading this?
25:01: sorry I’m not trying to point this out to anybody I just need to save it for my homework 📚 😂
i thought its a profesional full documentary, unfortunately its a static pic and voice telling stories
ben joshua It says full *TEXT* in the title and the channel is called ancient *RECITATIONS* so I don't know what you were expecting.
Can somebody explain to me what a lacuna is, such as number 34 I think number 33 what the heck is a lacuna
Means untranslated/untranslatable or missing word or marking
Uhh What happened to showing the text?
Is that Sargon?
Yes
I am watching this cause for exam from SABIS shehram8x here
Anyone have a theory to why there is no 13th law?
The code wasn't actually numbered, it was separate paragraphs. However, the translater numbered those paragraphs and committed a typo skipping number 13. However, people thought the number 13 was cursed because the code included lots of death sentences.
i have AP history art and i have to do a presentation tomorrow:’)
Same but im today lol
This is here to take me back for a test next year lol
It almost looks like it was malted look on top were it's chipped and look at the service?
You were getting frustrated when reading this text.
Horus Hawk Pic?
18:00
Gotta write an essay about these codes😒
I must’ve misheard 104. Did he say CORN, wool, and oil? That can’t be right
Corn =/= maize.
Anything called corn prior to Europeans landing in the Americas refers to the original meaning of corn, which can refer to anything that can be used to make flour, also oats and barley.
@@Panzerfanlol Bah, British people just need to learn English then.
@@Panzerfanlol Wait wasn’t cuneiform deciphered in the 19th century? Jokes aside that’s well after the Europeans landed in the Americas.
@@duckhawkninja3614 hehe, American moment :')
Sargon of Akkad? I didn’t know you had two channels.
What are you reading from?
49, corn? 🌽 Corn came some 3000 years later😂
This translation by King is more than a hundred years old... that is, somewhat outdated. Thank you, anyway!
Lots of handless Babylonians
DraconicLich And dead ones too.
Not enough handless people today.
A bio on Yi Sun Shin?
Humble and reverence
can anyone explain 115 ?
it's kinda... harsh...
oh cool. never actually heard much history about Babylon
Chris Marlborough It's more of all of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi completely united Meso.
194 is like oh gosh
who else have to read this for honors world history?
he really thought every one should be put to death hahahah
who fell asleep
Interesting, how oddly similar this is to modern law texts. Full of the same bullcrap over and over again.
Fear of God and righteousness sure doesn't sound evil
༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽ GLAD I DID NOT LIVE IN THE TIME OF HAMMURABI
Why are you a filthy thief?
It's actually more humane than sharia XD
You are categorically wrong. In the Hammurabi code, there are 30 death sentences, in the Moses code, there is 10 death punishment, in Sharia, there are only 2!
Your opinion and thoughts are based on utter ignorance, phobia, and hate.
avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
@@HK-Asia-IQ Congrats of layers of barbarism.
Sounds about the same to me.
57:20 bloopers
Moses borrowed some of these laws to write his book.
The strong shall not harm the weak... I think they are lying about what babylon was