Hammurabi's Code & Justice

Hammurabi's Code can be described as which of the following?

• A series of laws enscribed on a Stele for the people of Babylon.
• A dress code so the people of Mesopotamia knew what to wear
• Laws still used today by the United States
• The basis of Farquhar's Student Code of Conduct

Who was Hammurabi?

• A gorilla from the Cincinnati zoo
• The God of Babylon
• The king of Babylon
• Ms. Hill's brother.

Around when did Hammurabi live?

• 1790 BCE
• 1790 CE
• 2021 CE
• He never did

What did Hammurabi rule over?

• A kingdom named Mesopotamia
• A kingdom named Babylon
• Nothing
• A kingdom named Egypt

Why is Hammurabi's Code important?

• It was written in Cuniform
• It was used create a teenage offender program in Texas
• It was the first set of laws written for people to understand.
• It's a secret code only for spies.

Which of the following could be an example of just or unjust?

• Blue is a color
• The school name is Farquhar
• The king of Babylon was named Hammurabi.
• A student runs in the hall and a teacher asks them to practice walking correctly during lunch.

What a just laws and rules

• They are fair (laws and punishments are the same for everyoone)

• The punishment matches the crime

• All are correct

• Punishments are based on the situation

Source 1: Hammurabi’s Code, 1792 BCE. This excerpt of Hammurabi’s Code was taken from the Avalon Project, Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy by Yale University. The Avalon Project was founded in 2008 and is a digital database that translates, posts and provides documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government for all to access. 

Who is the author of the source above?

• Yale University

• Documents in Law

• Avalon Project

• King Hammurabi

Source 1: Hammurabi’s Code, 1792 BCE. This excerpt of Hammurabi’s Code was taken from the Avalon Project, Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy by Yale University. The Avalon Project was founded in 2008 and is a digital database that translates, posts and provides documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government for all to access. 

When was the above source created?

• 2008

• 1792 BCE

"196: If a man knocks out a free man’s eye, then he will also lose an eye.
199: If a man knocks out the eye of a slave, the man shall pay for half of how much the slave is worth"

Are these laws and punishments from Hammurabi's Code Just or Not Just?

• Just

• Not Just