Vocabulary#1
Vocabulary #2
Hammurabi's code
Hammurabi's code
Sumerians
100
A new way of doing things
Innovation
100
An important belief
Principle
100
What are the 3 parts and what do they mean?
Blindfold: No prejudice
Sword: Punishment
Scales : balance, justice, fairness
100
Hammurabi's codes were the first ever set of laws? True or False
False
100
Temple where the god for each city-state lived in
Ziggurat
200
Rule by a King or Queen
Monarchy
200
Carving on a stone that you can feel with your hands
Relief
200
Hammurabi's Stele had how many laws?
282
200
Hammurabi's reign( time in power) was approximately how many years ago?
4000
200
Mesopotamia is known as ?
The land between two rivers
300
To divide the work/ labor. Usually NOT fair
Division of Labor
300
An official order by a King or queen
Decree
300
Punishment under Hammurabi was given out based on what?
Social class
300
What is the punishment for theft and lying?
Death
300
Innovation for separating metal from rocks
Smelting
400
People chosen by the ruler to help run the government or empire.
Bureaucracy
400
Belief in many gods
Polytheistic
400
If someone was thrown in the water they could only be rescued by?
The gods
400
Who is the god handing Hammurabi the Scepter and ring on the Stele
Shamash
400
# innovations found on a boat?
Sail, Rudder ( used for direction), Keel ( below boat for balance)
500
Produce more than you need
surplus
500
Revenge/ Getting even
Retribution
500
Mesopotamian writing
Cuneiform
500
What are the 3 social classes?
wealthy, Freeman. slaves
500
Innovation of adult beverage
Beer
600
Paid to help fight someone
Mercenary
600
A Judge
Magistrate
600
Seals were used for
Receipts
600
What are the two major rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
600
Innovation for watering crops
Irrigation
700
A person who buys, sells or trades items
Mercenary
700
A tall stone statue with carvings or engraved writing.
Stele
700
City and Country where hammurabi's Stele is located?
Paris, France
700
Why did people follow the law besides the harsh punishments?
The god Shamash was carved on the top giving the codes to Hammurabi
700
Innovation for Time?
60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour
800
Wedged shaped writing
Cuneiform
800
Paying someone for a damage or harm YOU committed
Re$titution
800
Hammurabi's code was placed where during his reign
( time in power)
Entrance to the city
800
How tall is the Stele? how much does it weigh?
7 1/2 ' feet / 4 tons
800
2 innovations for warfare
Helmet and Chariot.
900
Someone who could write in ancient times.
Scribe
900
A type of currency used in Ancient Mesopotamia
Shekel or Mina
900
According to Hammurabi's code, if a women did not take care of her home and disrespected her husband they would...
Throw her in the river
900
At the beginning of the code on the Stele it says that the strong shall....
Not oppress/ take advantage of the weak.
900
A water story written by the Sumerians that shows up 3000 years later in the Bible
The Great Flood.