The Code of Hammurabi

What is Hammurabi's code?

• a collection of 282 laws believed to be the first written laws

• a group of soldiers and noblemen who lived in ancient Mesopotamia

• the ancient idea that a punishment should fit the crime

• the punishment for stealing sheep from a nobleman in ancient Mesopotamia

Why did author wrote the article "The Code of Hammurabi"?

• to inform the readers about the origin and meaning of the word "judge"

• to compare what Mesopotamian society was like before the written law and after the code was written

• to determine the cause of death of the Mesopotamian King Hammurabi

• to convey the function and influence of the first written laws

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Read these sentences form the text.

"In an effort to make the punishment fit the crime, Hammurabi's code often required the criminal to receive the same injury that he or she inflicted on a victim. Such laws may seem harsh today, but they were intended to prevent society from descending into chaos and order."

Based on this evidence, what might King Hammurabi have wanted to promote in society?

• chaos and confusion

• justice and order

• anger and violence

• wealth and fortune

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How might Hammurabi's code have prevented a single ruler from imposing, or forcing his or her will on people?

• by convincing the public that a ruler always wants what is best for the people

• by punishing a ruler for trying to change the Code

• by forcing a ruler to get people to agree on a new law before adding it to the Code

• by preventing the ruler from making up new laws that were not mentioned in the Code

What is the main idea of this text?

• In the time of Hammurabi's Code, it was illegal for a sheperd to steal a sheep from the flock of a nobleman.

• The U.S. constitution is mostly based on the ideas and laws mentioned in Hammurabi's Code.

• Hammurabi's Code and the U.S. constitution differ in that the laws in Hammurabi's Code often depended on social standing.

• Hammurabi's Code was the first collection of written law and advanced the rule of law in Mesopotamia

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"Historians trace the creation of written laws to around 1772 B.C."

What is the meaning of the word trace as it is used in this sentence?

• small amount

• discover

• dig up

• draw over it

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How did the author organized the text?

• by comparing the U.S. Constitution and the Code of Hammurabi

• by providing solution to specific problems related to the Code of Hammurabi

• by showing that the U. S. constitution is younger than the Code of Hammurabi

• by showing the effects in the form of punishment for every crime that is being committed.

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