Code of Hammurabi

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Who was Hammurabi?

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Hammurabi was the King of Babylon

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What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?

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He had them carved on stele and placed in the temple.

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Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.

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Code

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Hammurabi's Code consisted of ____ laws.

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282

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Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?

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The Gods

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Babylonian ruler, he was a brilliant military leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into the Babylonian Empire.

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Hammurabi

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Hammurabi's Code was written in?

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Cuneiform

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A ruler of a kingdom or Empire.

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Monarch

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Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it .

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is thought to be one of the earliest written set of laws

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Which of these statements best describes "eye for an eye" justice? Options: Crimes against someone's eyes are punished by death., Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal., Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed., Criminals have their left eye removed as a warning to others.

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Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed.