24/25 Politics Mesopotamian CFA 5

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Hammurabi created 282 laws. What was the purpose of these laws?

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To establish justice and maintain order and were written for everyone to see.

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How were Hammurabi's laws unfair?

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The lower the social class, the harsher the punishment.

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Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

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Hammurabi

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As a result of conflicts over farmland, what did city-states develop?

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City-states developed strong armies as a result of these land conflicts.

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Mesopotamia had a Monarchy government. What does this mean?

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Mesopotamia was ruled by a king or queen

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What is an empire?

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An empire is land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.

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How did the kings of Sumer become kings?

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They claimed they had been chosen by the gods

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What was the basic political structure of Sumer?

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A combination of rural countryside and urban city into a city-state

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True or False.
City-States in Sumer fought each other to gain more farmland.

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True