Chapter 6 (4-6)

Question 1

code of law

Answer 1

collection of written laws and rules

Question 2

Where was Hammurabi’s code written?

Answer 2

carved on a stele so all the people would know their rights and responsibilities

Question 3

who was the second ruler to unite all of Mesopotamia?

Answer 3

King Hammurabi (hah-muh-RAH-bee)

Question 4

Where was King Hammurabi (hah-muh-RAH-bee) from and where did he rule?

Answer 4

Babylon (BAH-buh-luhn), a small city-state in central Mesopotamia

Question 5

What is King Hammurabi (hah-muh-RAH-bee) best known for and what time period did this happen?

Answer 5

code of laws, 1792 - 1750 BCE

Question 6

What was the code of laws based on?

Answer 6

• King Hammurabi (hah-muh-RAH-bee) authority

- word of the g-ds

Question 7

the Babylonia g-d

Answer 7

Marduk (MAR-dook)

Question 8

in what ways did the Babylonian Empire flourish under King Hammurabi (hah-muh-RAH-bee) ?

Answer 8

• built roads & created a post office
• agriculture & trade
• gave slaves rights (keep earnings, buy freedom)
• gave women more rights

Question 9

economy

Answer 9

the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods & services to meet people’s needs & wants

Question 10

what was the 3rd empire

Answer 10

Assyrian Empire

Question 11

How large was the Assyrian Empire during its peak?

Answer 11

Egypt to the Persian Gulf

Question 12

What was the Assyrian’s greatest achievements?

Answer 12

• new iron weapons

- war strategies (use of horses)

Question 13

a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender is called what?

Answer 13

siege

Question 14

The Assyrians were the first to use what to break down walls?

Answer 14

battering rams, long heavy beams on wheels

Question 15

How did the Assyrians create fear among their enemies

Answer 15

they spread tales of their cruelty far & wide