Impactful Events

Question 1

Impactful Events

What was the earliest legal history in history (written in Akkadian in 1754 BCE Babylon-Iraq)?

Answer 1

The Code of Hammurabi

Question 2

Impactful Events

Name some of the categories of law in the Code of Hammurabi.

Answer 2

• Justice
• Property
• Trade
• Family
• Physician malpractice
• Building standards

Question 3

When were Buddhism and Confucianism created?

Answer 3

~500 BCE

Question 4

When did the ancient Greek empire exist?

When did the ancient Roman empire exist?

Answer 4

800 BCE - 300 BCE

750 BCE - 500 CE

Question 5

What happened when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon?

Answer 5

He began a Roman Civil War

Question 6

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 6

Just before the time of Christ

(~44 BCE)

Question 7

When did Muhammad live and produce Islam?

Answer 7

~600 CE

Question 8

English nobles forced King _____ to sign the _______ _______ in 1215 CE.

Answer 8

English nobles forced King John to sign the Magna** **Carta in 1215 CE.

Question 9

What major rights did the Magna Carta afford English noblemen in 1215 CE?

Answer 9

• Ability to worship as they pleased
• Protection from unjustified imprisonment and cruel/unusual punishments

Question 10

What devastated 1300s CE Europe, killing up to ⅓ of the population?

Answer 10

The Black Plague

Question 11

What occurred in 1455 Germany and allowed for a revolution in human literacy and the way humans share information?

Answer 11

Gutenberg’s moveable metal type began mass-producing Bibles.

(Although, moveable type was invented hundreds of years earlier in the Far East.)