Code of Hammurabi

Who was Hammurabi? 

• Hammurabi was the King of Babylon

• 
  Hammurabi was a warrior

• Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer

• Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia

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 had someone shout them out to everyone in the kingdom

• He placed them at the entrance of Babylon

Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.

• Beard

• Consequences

• Code

• Sword

Hammurabi's Code consisted of ____ laws.

• 500

• 100

• 
  282

• 7

Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?

• The people of Babylon

• The Akkadians

• The Gods

• The summerians 

Babylonian ruler, he was a brilliant military leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into the Babylonian Empire.

• Hammurabi

• Luther

• Sargon

• Moses

Hammurabi's Code was written in?

• Cuneiform

• Babylonian

• English

• French

A ruler of a kingdom or Empire.

• Pharaoh

• Emperor

• Monarch

• King

Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it .

• had such lenient punishments

• led directly to the development of democracy

• is thought to be one of the earliest written set of laws

• was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's first insurrection

Which of these statements best describes "eye for an eye" justice?

• Crimes against someone's eyes are punished by death.

• Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal.

• Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed.

• Criminals have their left eye removed as a warning to others.