Achievments
The achievement by Hammurabi that made the Babylonians a symbol of fairness to others...
What is Hammurabi's Code of Laws?
This is the famous expression that came from Hammurabi's Code of Laws
What is an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?
Hammurabi eventually conquered this area
What is Mesopotamia?
These were the 3 classes in Babylonia
What are property owners, free men and slaves?
Both the Babylonians and Hittites created systems of these to keep order in their societies
What are laws?
The Hittites used this for the first time to make weapons
What is iron?
The reason Hammurabi's Code was written in stone
What is to be seen?
The Babylonian Empire was between what two bodies of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Under Hammurabi's Code, laws were different for people based on this
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What is social class?
The Babylonians were best known for this written document, while the Hittites were best known for this one
What is Hammurabi's Code of Laws; What is the Treaty of Kadesh?
Hammurabi proclaimed something that made him very popular
What is forgave all debts?
This is who determined guilt or innocence under Hammurabi's Code of Law
What are Judges?
The Hittite Empire stretched between these 2 bodies of water
What is the Mediterranean & Black Seas?
One main purpose of Hammurabi's Codde was to keep this in society
What is order/or justice?
Babylonian punishments were often physical and harsh, whil Hittite punishments were more focused on this
What is compensation or fines (restitution)?
This difference shows how each empire tried to control people and maintain peace.
What is the Babylonians used strict written laws, while the Hittites relied more on military power and treaties?
This is the basis for modern day international law
What is the Treaty of Kaddesh?
This is what judges used under Hammurabi's Code of Laws to determine guilt or innocence
What is evidence?
These were the 3 classes in the Babylonian Empire
What are property owners, free men and slaves?
This was a significant difference between Hammurabi's Code of Laws and the Hittites code of laws
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What is Hammurabi's Code was based on physical punishment and the Hittite code was based on restitution?
The Hittites lived mainly in this area, while the Babylonians lived in this area.
What is Anatolia and what is Mesopotamia?
The legal principle that originated with Hammurabi and is the basis for the US legal system
What is innocent until proven guilty?
This is the primary way that the Hittite code of laws differed from Hammurabi's
What is restitution rather than physical punishment?
This activity helped both the Babylonians and the Hittites grow wealthy
What is trade?
Under Hammurabi's code, they were treated as lower in status but also had some legal rights
What are women?
The Hittites were strong in warfare, while the Babylonians were stronger in this area of civilization
What is law and government?