Question

What does this document tell

you about the time and place
it was created in?


Primary Source: A Sumerian Father Gives Advice to his Son
The text below was written by a Sumerian father to his son about 2300 BCE.


My son, let me give you instructions.
Pay attention to them!
Do not beat a farmer’s son, or he will break your irrigation canal.
Do not break into a house.
Do not speak with a girl when you are married, the likelihood of slander is strong.
Do not allow your sheep to graze in untested grounds.
Submit to strength. Bow down to the mighty man.

Answer 1

in this case the "mighty man " must mean the gods or the king (king Hammurabi). and what I can tell about the time period is that it was written a very long time ago because people used irrigation ,farmed for food,domesticated animals(in this case,sheep),etc.