Vocabulary
Ancient Mesopotamia
King Hammurabi - The Man Himself
Code of Hammurabi - The Laws
Code of Hammurabi - The Stone
100
It's the belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism ?
100
They are the names of the two rivers that Mesopotamia was located between.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates ?
100
This was Hammurabi's approximate age when he became king.
What is 18 ?
100
It's the penalty for a son who strikes his father.
What is having his hands cut off ?
100
It's the name for the 7 foot tall piece of black stone that the law code is carved on.
What is a stele ?
200
It's a city and its surrounding lands.
What is a city-state ?
200
It's the meaning of the name "Mesopotamia".
What is the "land between two rivers" ?
200
It was the approximate number of years that Hammurabi ruled Babylonia.
What is 42 to 43 ?
200
It's the penalty for putting out someone's eye.
What is having your eye put out ?
200
He is the god who gave the law code to Hammurabi.
Who is Shamash ?
300
It's wedge-shaped ancient Mesopotamian writing, carved onto clay tablets.
What is cuneiform ?
300
These are long ditches dug by Mesopotamians to bring water from the river to their fields.
What are irrigation canals ?
300
It was the year of Hammurabi's reign when his code was introduced.
What is the 38th year of his reign ?
300
It's the number of laws listed on the stele.
What is 282 ?
300
It's the type of black stone that the law code is carved on.
What is diorite or basalt ?
400
It's the capital city of Hammurabi's empire.
What is Babylon ?
400
Give the name of any modern-day country which now occupies the area the used to be called Mesopotamia.
What are Iraq, Israel, Syria, OR Iran ?
400
It was Hammurabi's spoken language.
What was Akkadian ?
400
These are the three major categories of Hammurabi's laws.
What are family law, property law, and personal injury law ?
400
It's the city where the stone now resides.
What is Paris, France ?
500

Finish this statement..."An eye for an eye"

What is "A tooth for a tooth ?"

500

The first _______ _________ was found in Mesopotamia.  

What is "Written language"?

500
Besides the law code, name one other big improvement that Hammurabi made because he was a good ruler.
What is improved defenses, housing, irrigation systems, city walls, building temples, infrastructure, OR establishing treaties ?
500
It's the penalty for stealing someone's son.
What is death ?
500
It's the name of the famous museum where the stone is now on display.
What is The Louvre ?
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