Fertile Crescent section 3

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The King of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750 B.C. was ____________; the creator of the Babylonian Empire.

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An organized list of laws and rules is a ________

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Writing in Mesopotamia combined symbols to make groups of wedges and lines known as________

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Which statement was true of Hammurabi's Code?

It was illegal to write down the laws.

A person was guilty only if he or she broke a law on purpose.

The same law applied to commoners and slaves.

Everyone could know the rules and punishments because they were written

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Under Hammurabi's Code, there were laws to cover

only fight between gentlemen and slaves

everything except the practice of medicine

every aspect of Babylonian life

everything except the hiring of wagons

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What kind of material did the scribes of Mesopotamia use for writing?

papyrus

animal skins

clay

palm leaves

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The shape and size of a tablet for writing depended on the

date and time of the writing

importance of the writing

person receiving writing

purpose of the writing

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The scribes got their clay from the________________river.

Colorado

Dunabe

Nile

Tigris

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Scribes used a ____________to write on the clay.

pencil

laser

pen

stylus

10.

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Hammurabi's Code was based on the premise of ___________

eye for an eye

justice

compassion

equality

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