Hammurabi and the Babylonian Empire

What was the earliest known written collection of laws?

• The laws of Persia

• Hammurabi’s Code

• The laws of the Assyrians

Who is the most famous Chaldean king?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hittites

How many codes of law did Hammurabi write?

• 293

• 282

• 382

Who was Babylon’s greatest monarch who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Xerxes

In Hammurabi's Codes, injuring a rich man brought a

• equal penalty to injuring a poor man.

• higher penalty than injuring a poor man.

• lesser penalty than injuring a poor man.

Code #196 says If a man put out the eye of another man...

• he must pay with his life

• his eye shall be put out.

• he will be put in jail.

What type of government is a monarch?

• anarchy

• democracy

• autocracy

Which was the first empire to use iron weapons and the skillful use of the chariot to conquer Babylon?

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

• Hittites

According to legend, whose grand palace featured the famous Hanging Gardens?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

The Hittite soldiers used what in their battles to capture Babylon?

• chariots

• cavalry

• bow and arrows