Hammurabi

Who was Hammurabi?

• Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer

• Hammurabi was the King from Mesopotamia

• Hammurabi was a warrior

• Hammurabi was a farmer from Mesopotamia

Which modern idiom (expression) refers to Hammurabi's Code?

• An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• Break a leg!

• The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.

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

• He had scribes write and display them for all to see
• He required fathers to teach the code to their children
• He had teachers make students memorize them
• He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship

A kind of writing used in Mesopotamia is called...

• handwriting

• cursive

• cuneiform

• graffiti

What is Hammurabi famous for?

• He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)

• He was the first emperor.

• He had a powerful army.

• He was the first to produce WRITTEN laws.

What is a stele?

• A babylonian chariot.

• A big black rock with the written laws carved on it.

• A big black rock with cave paintings on it.

• An early form of metal.

According to law 195 in Hammurabi's Code, if a boy strikes his father...

• His father does not care

• The boy must do push ups

• The boy must tend to the crops for a year

• The boy gets his hand cut off

What happens if a woman belittles her husband?

• She is thrown into a pot of boiling soup

• She must apologize to her husband

• She must go in front of the elders and beg forgiveness

• she is thrown into water

if a man breaks the arm of another man, then...

• He gets his nose broken

• He has to go fishing with the wounded man

• his arm shall be broken

• He has to apologize and buy the man bubble gum

Hammurabi united all of the kingdoms of ...

• Rome

• Mesopotamia

• China

• Egypt