Early Civilizations
Law and Society
Historical sources and context
Early Civilizations 2
100

The historical development depicted in this map is an effect of

What is the Neolithic Revolution
100

Code of Hammurabi is an example of this type of source.

What is a legal code

100

A quote from the Code of Hammurabi is an example of this type of source.

What is a legal source

100

The Middle Kingdom of Assyria was located in an area also known as the

What is the Fertile cresent

200

The main purpose of this map is to illustrate

what is river valley civilizations

200

According to Hammurabi’s Code, if a noble knocked out another noble's tooth, this would happen.

What is they would have their tooth knocked out?

200

A book written about the Modern day society of Nomadic peoples, The Samburu was written primarily for this audience.

Who are researchers comparing the lives of the Samburu to those of early human societies?

200

What is the primary reason why the Middle Kingdom of Assyria was established in this location?

What is the location is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

300

River valley civilizations are considered an effect of this major prehistoric change in food production.

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

300

Hammurabi likely wrote his code for this purpose.

What is to establish order and justice in society?

300

The Babylonian Empire developed in this kind of geographic setting.

What is a fertile river valley between the Tigris and Euphrates?

300

What is the best title for this paragraph:

Cities, a Government (often centralized), complex Social Structures with social classes, organized Religion, job Specialization, advancements in Technology, a system of Writing for record-keeping, and flourishing Arts and Architecture

What is Elements of Civilization

400

This region, located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, was home to the Middle Kingdom of Assyria.

What is the fertile crescent

500

This group of people moved their settlements every five weeks and relied on donkeys to carry their goods.

What are nomads

500

Which idea of Babylonian society does this portion of the Hammurabi code of law reflect

“If a seignior (noble) has knocked out the tooth of a seignior of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner's tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.”

What is the division existed between social classes

500

what is the cause and effect relationship between the fertile crescent and the code of Hammurabi

Cause: The fertile environment of the Fertile Crescent

Effect: Urbanization and social complexity

Effect: The need for a unified legal code to cement social class, to regulate behavior and set standards for justice.

500

what is the geographical context for the development of the babylonian empire

what is a fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that provided water for agriculture 

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