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Hammurabi’s Code
Goals:
 Students will be able to understand why Hammurabi’s Code provided justice for Ancient Babylon.
 Students will be able to analyze how Hammurabi used his code to control the people.
 Students will be able to compare and contrast Hammurabi's law code with current laws.
Mesopotamia
 Mesopotamia means, “_________________________________________”
 The oldest civilization was found in this region between the ___________ and ____________________
Rivers in what is now _____________.
 This area was part of the Fertile Crescent. A fertile arc of land from the eastern coast of the
Mediterranean Sea, through Mesopotamia, to the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)
The Fertile Crescent
 The Fertile Crescent was an arc of land from the E. _______________________, through Mesopotamia, to
the ______________Gulf.
 _________________________and a lot of __________ led to the ________________________________________________
Three Social Groups
1. Nobles: ____________ and wealthy (p____________________)
2. Commoners: farmers, ___________________, ________________, and craftspeople. _________ of people were
farmers (p________________)
3. Slaves: belonged to _________ people, used slaves in the palace and for nobles on large farms.
Religion Basics
 What is polytheism? _________________________________________
 How did their environment contribute to how they viewed the world?
 ______________ climate, frequent _____________________led them to think that unreliable, _______________
forces ruled the world.
 Humans were suppose to ____________ and ______________ the gods
 Humans were __________________ to Gods.
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Cuneiform
 This was the first __________________ language; its name means ____________ _________ writing. It was
invented by the _____________________.
 There was not paper so characters were carved into _________________ tablets using a tool called a
stylus made from a stick or reed.
Sumerian Technology
Wheeled Vehicles:
 They were the first to take the ___________and use it for __________ to transport goods and people.
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They invented the potter’s wheel for making ____________.
They were the first to make _____________________.
Empire: ___________ political unit or state, usually under a ________________ leader that controls many people
or _______________.
Easy to _______________, difficult to _______________.
Rise and fall of empires= important part of history
Akkadians
 A ___________________-speaking people.
 Around 2340 B.C., ________________, leader of the Akkadians established the first Empire.
 Sargon was the first Empire builder.
 By _________________ the Akkadian Empire fell after a series of battles
Babylon
 By 1792 BCE a new empire arose in this region.
 The city-state of ________________ rose to power led by king ____________________.
 The Empire ____________ shortly after his death in 1750 BCE, but Hammurabi made significant
contributions before his death.
Hammurabi’s Code
 1901: _________________archeologist found it in _____________
 _____________ high, 2ft thick
 Covered in cuneiform
 _________________ preserved code of ___________
 Now sits in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
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 Compiled: _____________________________
 The top portion depicts Hammurabi with ___________________, the sun god
 Shamash presents Hammurabi a staff and ring, which symbolize _____________to ___________________
law
Background of the Code
 Based on system of ___________ ___________________
 Penalties were _________________
 “an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.”
 ________________________ society- dominated by ______________.
 Women had fewer rights than men.
 Could be drowned, or divorced.
 Fathers rule their children
 He wrote them down so ______________would know what the laws were and could not use
___________________ as an excuse to escape _____________.
Preamble
“Before this portrait let every man who has a ______________ ______________come forward, read this text, and
heed its precious words. The stone tablet will ____________________ him in his trouble, and thus may he find
_____________ and breathe easier in his heart, speaking these words: ‘Hammurabi is a king who cares for his
people like a loving __________________.’”