S.S. 10-23-14

Question 0

Rules set by King Hammurabi for everyone to follow in the Babylonian Empire

Answer 0

Hammurabi’s Code

Question 1

An organized list of laws that helps make sure laws are applied fairly to all

Answer 1

Code

Question 2

An eye for an eye did not apply ____ to all people

Answer 2

Equally

Question 3

The first laws were ____ down

Answer 3

Written

Question 4

______ developed in ______ in about 3500 B.C.❄️

Answer 4

Writing

Mesopotamia

Question 5

_____ kept records(sales, trades, tax payments, gifts for gods, marriages and deaths) and were also treated with respect

Answer 5

Scribes

Question 6

Wrote on _____ brought down from the mountains each spring

Answer 6

Clay

Question 7

_____ formed the clay into _____

Answer 7

Scribes

Tablets

Question 8

Writing evolved from ______ and represented different ______

Answer 8

Pictures

Languages

Question 9

Form of writing developed by scribes using groups of wedges and lines

Answer 9

Cuneiform

Question 10

_____ was based on the importance of the ______

Answer 10

Punishment

Victim

Question 11

Why was Hammurabi’s code a major step forward for humankind?

Answer 11

It was the first laws to be written down so people knew all the laws and their punishments.

Question 12

How did writing develop in Mesopotamia?

Answer 12

Writing developed in Mesopotamia in about 3500 B.C. The oldest known writing is in cuneiform script. At first, people drew pictures to represent what they wanted to say. Cuneiform can be used to represent different languages.