Analyzing Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi's Code protected which group of people?

• Slaves

• Merchants

• Nobles

• Foreigners

Analyzing Hammurabi's Code: The group that was negatively affected was:

• Slaves and lower classes

• Priests and nobles

• Merchants and traders

• Soldiers and generals

Hammurabi's Code was a famous collection of how many written laws that governed Babylonian society?

• 282

• 150

• 350

• 100

What material was Hammurabi's Code originally carved on?

• A stone stele

• Papyrus scrolls

• Bronze tablets

• Wooden planks

The stone stele with Hammurabi's Code was how tall?

• 7 feet tall

• 3 feet tall

• 12 feet tall

• 20 feet tall

Why was the stele with Hammurabi's Code displayed publicly?

• So all citizens knew what was expected of them.

• To honor Hammurabi as a great king.

• To decorate the city with art.

• To intimidate neighboring kingdoms.

According to Law 48 in Agriculture, if anyone owes a debt for a loan and a storm destroys the grain, or the harvest fails, or the grain does not grow for lack of water, what must the debtor do for that year?

• Pay the creditor in grain

• Wash his debt-tablet in water and pay no rent for the year

• Pay double the rent

• Give the creditor money instead of grain

According to Law 53 in Agriculture, what happens if someone is too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition and it breaks, flooding all the fields?

• He is not responsible for the damage

• He must sell his dam for money to replace the ruined corn

• The government will pay for the damages

• The farmers will repair the dam

According to Law 54 in Agriculture, if a person is not able to replace the corn he has flooded, what will happen to his possessions?

• They will be kept by him

• They will be divided among the farmers whose corn he has flooded

• They will be given to the government

• They will be destroyed

According to Law 15: If anyone takes a male or female slave of the court, or a male or female slave of a freed man, outside the city gates, what is the punishment?

• He shall be put to death.

• He shall pay a fine.

• He shall be exiled from the city.

• He shall serve as a slave for a year.