Hammurabi's Code
He was a Mesopotamian King.
Thou shalt not kill is what Commandment number?
What is 6.
Hammurabi's code was based on the idea of an "______________."
What is an eye for an eye
What two rivers are in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
a professional writer
What is a scribe.
How many laws were contained in Hammurabi's Code?
These are a set of Biblical principles.
What is the 10 Commandments?
Codified
What is when something is put down in writing?
True or False: Neighboring city-states in Mesopotamia were known for being peaceful towards one another.
What is false.
Mesopotamia means what?
What is between two rivers.
What would happen if you didn't follow Hammurabi's Code?
Punishments!!
These laws were given to Moses at Mount Sinai.
True or False: Mesopotamian government was similar to our government today in how they elected their officials. Explain your answer.
What is False--Government officials today are elected by the people through our democracy. In the time of Mesopotamia, the people did not cast votes for the people within government, but rather these people were appointed by the leader.
Give one example of how the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi's Code are similar.
What is they are both written documents; given to them from the gods; both a code of law...
Symbols that represent the sounds of a language.
What is an alphabet.
Who created the first kind of justice system with laws written down?
Who is Hammurabi.
The _____________ no longer believed in polytheism; they practiced monotheism.
Who were the Israelites/Jews
Hammurabi's Code include what two types of law?
What are criminal and civil laws.
How are the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi's Code different?
What is the Ten Commandments have only 10 laws, and Hammurabi's code has 282; the Israelites believed in the Ten Commandments and the Babylonians believed in Hammurabi's Code...
A community with its own separate government and laws.
What is a city-state.
Why were Hammurabi's rules an important step in the development of civilization?
What is the first time rules were written.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me is what Commandment number?
What is number 1.
If a house built by a carpenter is not stable and kills the owner what should happen to the carpenter?
What is he should die
What material was used to build homes in ancient Mesopotamia, and why was it important?
What are sun-dried bricks. This material was a permanent building material and it allowed for the Mesopotamia's to build structures that would last a long time. This created long lasting and large cities.
A scattering of a group of people to different parts of the world.
What is diaspora