Code of Hammurabi

Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?

• The people of Babylon

• The Akkadians

• The Gods

• The summerians 

What is the definition of justice we are using to evaluate Hammurabi's Code?

• Fair

• True and real

• Equal

• punishments match the seriousness of the crime and given based on the situation

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.

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

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

• led directly to the development of democracy

• had such lenient punishments

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

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

What is Hammurabi's Code?

• story of Babylonian empire's creation by the gods

• written language of Babylonian Empire

•  collection of written laws from the Babylonian Empire

• book describing warfare from the Babylonian Empire

Whose code had 282 laws?

• Samurai's

• Zip

• Hammurabi's

• area

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.

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.

Who was Hammurabi? 

• God in Ancient Sumer

• emperor of Babylonian Empire

•  warrior who fought Gilgamesh

• scribe known throughout Mesopotamia