Chapter 7: Hammurabi and the Babylonians Flashcards
Hammurabi wrote down a set of laws called…..
The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi ruled the whole southern part of Mesopotamia called…..
Babylonia
The Babylonians called the time that it took the earth to go around the sun…
One year
They divided this time period into _________ months.
Twelve
Hammurabi wanted his empire to be governed by…
just laws
Why are Hammurabi’s laws important?
They are the first set of written laws that we know of.
Who had to obey these laws?
Everyone
Where did Hammurabi write down his laws?
They were carved on a stone monument.
Hammurabi encouraged his people to learn more about…..
The gods
People in Babylon believed they could find out what the gods were doing by….
watching the movements of planets and stars
Why did the people of Mesopotamia live at war all of the time?
The city states were constantly fighting with each other
Why did Hammurabi believe that Marduk, the chief god of Babylon, made him king?
To treat people fairly
Hammurabi wanted people to follow his laws because they were right, not just because soldiers made them obey. True or false?
True
The Babylonians could tell the difference between planets and stars. True or false?
True
The Babylonians divided an hour into how many minutes?
60
