Hammurabi

Who was Hammurabi?

• He was a god.
• He was a king of the first city of Ur.
• He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
• He was a Mesopotamian scribe.

What is he famous for?

• He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)
• He was the first emperor.
• He had a powerful army.
• He was the first to produce written laws.

How would you describe his laws?

• Fair and balanced.
• Very harsh by our modern standards.
•  Too lenient (easy on the offender)
• complicated

Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?

• An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
• It's raining cats and dogs.
• Break a leg!
• The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.

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

• He had scribes write and display them for all to see
• He required fathers to teach the code to their children
• He had teachers make students memorize them
• He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship

Hammurabi united all of the kingdoms of ...

• Rome

• Mesopotamia

• China

• Egypt

If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.  If he has nocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?

• Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
• All men are equal under the law.
• Violence must always be punished with violence.
• Fines are preferable to physical punishment.