Using the website, http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/, as your source and showing evidence from the site to support your assertions, Compare and contrast the lives of women in Ancient Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece.

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 Women in the Ancient World

a cross-cultural comparison

From a 21st century perspective it is easy to stereotype the lives of ancient women as oppressed and lacking in individual rights and fulfillment . Even today , however , there is great variation in the lives women lead among the many cultures . The cultures are not better or worse , just different . The same perspective must be applied to ancient cultures

Ancient Babylon , Egypt , Greece and Rome shared cultural and economic similarities , but also had differences . There were also subcultures

within each culture , making it more difficult to generalize about the lives of women . There are some predominant characteristics that can be used to distinguish one culture from another

Each of these social , legal and cultural characteristics arose in the context of its era in history . Each society was also an evolving work in progress . The lives of women within each culture were influenced by factors including social tradition , governmental action and economic realities

Women in ancient Babylon

Babylonian women in ancient times lived under the Hammurabi Code . This code of laws was a combination of common sense principles and judicial tendencies of the day . The code also set maximum penalties for infractions

In ancient Babylon , as in other ancient societies , the well-being of the community was viewed as more important than the protection of individual rights . Social was seen as paramount for the survival of the Empire

Controlling sexuality was part of maintaining that social . A woman...