Hammurabi's Code DBQ Vocabulary

object made by a human being

• lancet

• disinherit

• righteousness

• artifact

1. a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.

• lancet

• disinherit

• righteousness

• artifact

fairness; goodness; honor; justness

• lancet

• disinherit

• righteousness

• artifact

to deprive of a heritage, country, right, privilege, etc.

• lancet

• disinherit

• righteousness

• artifact

grand stone pillar

• stele

• prologue

• city-state

• cuneiform

a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel

• stele

• prologue

• city-state

• cuneiform

independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

• stele

• prologue

• city-state

• cuneiform

Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things

• stele

• prologue

• city-state

• cuneiform

an ancient empire in the lower Euphrates valley: its greatest period was 2800–1750 b.c.

• Babylonia

• Mesopotamia

• cuneiform

• city-state

wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present day Iraq

• Babylonia

• Mesopotamia

• cuneiform

• city-state