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The Code
Put It On Papyrus
Answer this.
100
An orgainzed list of laws rules.
What is a Code?
100
Because they were written down
Why were the laws of Hammurabi important?
100
This first developed in Mesopotamia in around 3100 BC
What is writing.
100
The sumerians read from top to bottom and left to right. What other language is read that way?
English
200
This King of Babylonia rued from about 1792 to 1750 BC.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
True or false: The higher the class of the victim the greater the penalty.
True
200
Writing met the needs of the Sumerians to do this.
Keep Records.
200
When and where did writing first develop?
In Summer around 3100 BC.
300
Groups of Wedges and lines to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent.
What is cuneiform?
300
What as the penalty for stealing the minor son of someone else?
Death.
300
Because only a few people could read or write, hey held positions of great respect in Mesopotamia?
Who are Scribes?
300
They combined symbols and to make groups of wedges and lines.
Who are Scribes?
400
He was the sun god and the god of justice.
Who is Shamash?
400
What was the punishment for a son striking or hitting his father?
Having is hand cut off.
400
What do the laws in the code tell us about the Babylonians ideas of justice?
That the punishment should fit the crime.
400
True or false: Cuneiform script could be used to represent different languages.
True
500
Punishment that should be similar to the crime committed is known as.
What is an eye for an eye.
500
How many laws did the Code of Hammurabi contain?
282
500
Like most inventions writing developed over ________.
Time
500
What was writing first used for?
It was first used to keep records.
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