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100

What was on reason Hammurabi wanted to create a code of law?

So everyone in his empire would follow the same laws.

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200

What would happen to a builder if they house they built collapsed?

The builder would be put to death.

200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

What is one reason the code of Hammurabi was unfair? 

Answers vary

300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300
What group of people were the lowest on the social structure? 

Slaves

300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
400

What was one reason the Code of Hammurabi was fair?

Answers vary.

400
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
400
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500

About how many laws were in Hammurabi's code? 

Over 200 laws

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

Not counting slaves, most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______

What are farmers?

500
What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?