Hammurabi
What were the first laws written down?
What were the first laws written down?
Hammurabi's Code
What were the two main rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is a city-state?
A city with its own traditions, government and laws.
What does polytheistic mean?
Belief in many gods
Why were scribes in a higher social class?
Because they had a valuable skill
What was an eye for an eye?
Idea that Hammurabi's Code was based on.
What was the site of the first civilization?
Fertile Crescent
True or False: Sumerian city states were independent of each other
True
What were temples in Mesopotamia called?
Ziggurats
What did scribes do?
Kept records for kings and queens
How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?
282
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
Rich land for farming
How was travel between city states?
Difficult
Which three religions all believe in Abraham, Moses, & prophets?
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
What did Babylonian scribes do?
Recorded taxes, sales, etc
Why did everyone know the laws?
Because they were written down
Where was the Fertile Crescent located?
From the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
What did city- states fight over?
Land and water rights
What is monotheism?
Belief in one God
What is cuneiform?
Writing on clay tablets with a reed stylus
What was unfair about Hammurabi's Code?
Different victims were treated differently depending on their social class.
What did King Solomon's death do?
Split Israel into 2 kingdoms
Who calculated the area of shapes?
Babylonian mathematicians
How did Jewish people keep their heritage and traditions alive?
By living together in communities
What was the first alphabet?
Phoenician alphabet