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1. Introduction need for law in anciet world

2. Discuss Sumer and the code of Ur-Nammu
 * First code
 * First true civilization


 * 1) Discuss Babylon and Hammurabi

4. 7. Progression into more moderan era of Greeks
 * Hammurabi’s code the ultimate ancient law document
 * Basically dedicate to Hammurabi
 * Discuss Assyria
 * Discuss its regression into more brutal tactics which come with warfare and an imperialistic society
 * adaptation of laws
 * some of the first Greek societies adapeted Hammurabi's code

6. discuss interesting topics · Relation of ancient law to modern law · Transformation into Greek and roman culture
 * how the lex talionos (eye for eye stuff) is the basis for crime and punishment in the moderen and ancient world

possible ideas include birth of moderen medicine http://www.historywiz.org/ancienthistory.htm


 * [[file:ancient Mesopotamian Law (Autosaved).docx]]

INterested in the story of the battle of marathon; OR scandals perhaps focusing on 2 or three

Themistocles General for battle of salamis ostracized to Argos where he was banished by Spartans only to go to Persia and become a Governor where he realized he would never realize his dreams there funny thing being his ostracizing was a scandal in itself and some of the first voter fraud

Pisistratus staged own assassination to get bodyguards then he used the guards to stage a coup subsequently he was banished later he used a woman dressed as Athena to gain power once more http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Bios/Aristides.html

Alcibiades Biography: "Alcibiades." __The Columbia Encyclopedia__. The Columbia University Press, 2000. 916. __General Reference Center Gold__. Gale. Beaver Country Day School. 25 Feb. 2009 .

Alcibiades was a fantastic general who won Athens many victories and then at the peace of Nicias he turned to being a statesmen and politician. He was one of the main negociators with Sparta and helped gain a truce. He was then accused of defacing a statue of Hermes which he is suggested of being innocent of. He then fled to the island that he was schedualed to attack with was being fortified by the Spartans and he gave them stratigic advice in exchange for political asylum. He lived in Sparta for some time giving them stratigic advice. But he then created more enemys in Sparta specifically with the king of Sparta. He tood political asylum with Tissaphernes. After the Oligarchy in Athens fell he was recalled [] Discuss if it would be beneficial to have a Ostracizing system in moderen politics

//remember taht youre interested in the historical//

1. I think I have some good information and enough information for the paper 2. But I nay need some help with organization and grammer