Lesson Review: Why did Hammurabi think his empire needed a single code of law?
He ruled many lands with many different peoples, and he wanted to gain control of the lands by making his subjects feel like they were being treated fairly.
Terms & Names: Who was "Hammurabi"?
The ruler of the Babylonian Empire from 1792 to 1750 B.C.
Quiz Question: What was a written set of rules that people were required to obey?
The Code of Law
Terms & Names: What is the "code of law"?
A set of written rules.
Essay Question: How did Hammurabi collect taxes?
Hammurabi sent people out to collect taxes.
How do empires change the lives of people who live in them?
Their lands may be more peaceful and goods more plentiful, and ideas and customs are shared with others.
Who controlled Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Name the two rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
Name one empire that ruled the Fertile Crescent.
The Akkadian Empire. The Babylonian Empire.
Terms & Names: What is "justice"?
Fair treatment of people.
Quiz Question: Who was the powerful king in 1972 B.C. that began a long and successful rule of the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
Essay Question: What did Hammurabi watch over?
He watched over agriculture, irrigation, and trade.
Quiz Question: What was Hammurabi's Code mainly intended to bring to people living in the Babylonian Empire?
Justice
Quiz Question: What did Hammurabi create to help him control and rule his empire?
The Code of Law
Terms & Names: What is an "emperor"?
A person who rules an empire.
Terms & Names: What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
A region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Name one reason why the Assyrian army was successful?
50,000 soldiers, iron weapons, brutal to enemies and included infantry, cavalry and charioteers
Lesson Review: How does a strong king become an emperor?
To become an emperor, a king must conquer lands outside his own and control them with a single government.
Why were scribes important to the Sumerians?
They recorded business transactions, literature, history and there were only a few of them
What is the phrase used to describe the guiding principle for the laws in Hammurabi's Code?
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Quiz Question: What is a person who rules an empire called?
Emperor
Why did Hammurabi need other people to help him control the lands and keep order?
The Babylonian Empire extended across too large of an area for him to control on his own.
Essay Question: How did Hammurabi control the huge empire?
Hammurabi used governors to help him control the lands, sent out people to collect tax money, and appointed judges to help keep order.
What is a ziggurat?
A large temple that was considered the god's home in Sumerian city-states.
Quiz Question: What is the area of rich soil and water that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
The Fertile Crescent
Essay Question: What did Hammurabi do to help him control the land and keep order?
Hammurabi appointed governors to to help him control the land and keep order.
Why is Mesopotamia also called the "cradle of civilization"?
It included the first civilization and was the beginning of organized human society.
Which two empires gained control of the Fertile Crescent?
The Akkadian Empire and the Babylonian Empire.
Terms & Names: What is an "empire"?
An empire brings together man different peoples and lands under the control of one ruler.
Sumerians created a way of writing called...
cuneiform
Quiz Question: The world's first ________________ was established by King Sargon of Akkad about 2350 B.C.
Empire
What was the role of women in the Sumerian society?
Most Sumerian women cared for their children and ran their household.
What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
It fell apart due to attacks from outside and fighting among the city-states within the empire.
Name two inventions of the Sumerians.
wheel, cart, chariot, sailboat, plow, potter's wheel, bronze, place-value system of numbers, system based on 60, 12 month calendar, multiplication & division
Lesson Review: What was one basic idea about the law did Hammurabi's Code set up?
The code set up the idea that the government was responsible for what happens in society and that society should be run by the rule of law.
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