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Ancient Babylon Sarah-Hi! My name is Sarah and today my friends and I are going to tell you about Babylon . Do you know what time old Babylon  was formed? It was formed in about 1750 B.C………The man who ruled over part of Babylon ’s rein was called Hammerabi. Well enough about Hammerabi, Emma will tell you about him later. Ancient Babylon  was know for starting a war. They won all their wars by shutting down their enemies water so they would be weak and would not be hard to fight.

Emma: Hi my name is Emma I will talk about King Hammurabi. My friend Olivia will be talking about King Hammurabi’s laws. King Hammurabi was the first person to create a set of laws. He also combined the city-states though war. He won by cutting off water supplies so that they would either die with no water or give up.

**Olivia: Hammurabi’s code was a set of laws created by King Hammurabi. Hammurabi’s code was a very mean and violent set of laws. One of his codes was, if you slapped your own father you would get your own hand cut off!!!! That’s one violent law! Erika and Ally will be talking about New Babylon!......** Hi this is Erika and Ally reporting on New Babylon. New Babylon is different from old Babylon New Babylon grew famous for its great beauty and technology. = Hi, My Name is Ally the New Babylon soon became the world’s largest city. Two MASSIVE walls and a moat now protected Babylon. Babylon is still known for its marvelous “hanging gardens”. =

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