

How can we evaluate Hammurabi's Code of Laws?
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Christina Stathakos
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by Christina Stathakos
core standard 2: determine meaning of words; core standard 4: determine meaning of words; and core standard 9: use of primary sources
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Multiple Choice
Did King Hammurabi of Babylon create an "empire" just like Sargon the 1st?
yes
no
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Multiple Choice
Was King Hammurabi a Reformer"?
yes
no
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Multiple Choice
Was King Hammurabi a "Lawgiver"?
yes
no
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Multiple Choice
How did King Hammurabi display or show all 282 laws?
he put them on columns for everyone to see
he was secretive about his laws
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Poll
How would evaluate or review or assess Hammurabi's Law #1 where "If a man brings an accusation against another man, charging him with murder, but cannot prove it, then the accuser shall be put to death."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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Poll
How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law #3, which states: "If a man bears false witness in a case, or does not establish the testimony that he has given, if that case is a case involving a life, then that man shall be put to death."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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Poll
How would you evaluate Hammurabi's Law #6: "If a man has stolen goods from a Temple, or house. he shall be put to death; and he that has received the stolen property from him shall be put to death".
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Code of Law # 14: "If a man has stolen a child, then he shall be put to death."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law#22: "If a man practices robbery and is captured, then that man shall be put to death."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law # 53: " If a man neglects (forget or abandons) his (irrigational ditch) and does not strengthen it and a break is made and the water carries away his farmland, the man in whose ditch the break was made shall replace the grain which has been damaged."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review, assess Hammurabi's Law # 54: " If a son strikes his father, then they shall cut off his hand."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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Poll
How would you evaluate, review, assess Hammurabi's Law # 196: "If a man destroys the eye of another man, then his eye shall be destroyed."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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Poll
How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law #197: "If he breaks another man's bone, then they shall break his bone."
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law #218: If a doctor operates on a man and causes his death, or destroys the man's eye, then they shall cut off the doctor's hand.
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law #229 which states if a builder buids a house for a man and does not make the construction or the foundation sound, and the house collapses and causes the death of the owner of the home, then the builder shall be put to death.
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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How would you evaluate, review or assess Hammurabi's Law #233: If a builder builds a home for a man and then the wall cracks, then the builder must fix it with his own money.
fair and just
cruel and revengeful
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Open Ended
What conclusions can you draw about King Hammurabi?
by Christina Stathakos
core standard 2: determine meaning of words; core standard 4: determine meaning of words; and core standard 9: use of primary sources
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