Hammurabi's Code

Who was Hammurabi? 

• Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
• Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
• Hammurabi was a warrior

What does the bolded phrase in the sentence mean :  The purpose of the laws was to unify and maintain order. 

• keep the peace
• punish people
• organize people

Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?

• 282
• 192
• 292

Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?

• The people of Babylon
• The Gods
• The Akkadians

What is Hammurabi's Code?

• a story of Babylon's creation
• it is the language of Ancient Sumer
• it is a collection of written laws and rules

What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?

• He had them carved on stele and placed in the temple
• He put the code in front of the government buildings
• He placed them at the entrance of Babylon

Hammurabi's Code can be described as

• peaceful

• cruel

• caring

A doctor’s fee for curing a severe wound would be 10 silver coins for a property owner, five coins for a freedman and two coins for a slave.

• this means that all social classes were equal

• all social classes were not equal under the code

Hammurabi's Code ruled on

• marriage

• trade

• punishments

• all of the above