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9 Cards in this Set
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Foe a short time after the Akkadians, Sumer was once again a group of city-states?
*True, False* |
True
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Who was the next ruler to unite Mesopotamia? (He was the King of Baylon)
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King Hammurabi
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Hammurabi was best known for what?
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His code of laws
(he claimed the gods told him to create the laws) |
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Hammurabi's code of laws was based on what concept?
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His code of laws was based on the concept "an eye for an eye"
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Hammurabi's code of laws would occasionaly change?
*True, False* |
False (His code of laws would never change)
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Hammurabi's code of laws were the first set of laws to apply to everyone.
*True, False?* |
True
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Did Babylonia thrive under Hammurabi?
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Yes
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Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, became an important center of what?
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Trade
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Laws treated the various classes (social structures) differently, but slaves didn't have any rights.
*True, False?* |
False (even slaves had some rights.)
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