Hammurabi's Code

How did laws help Hammurabi maintain his empire?

What did Hammurabi’s Code do successfully? In what ways was it unsuccessful?

Document A: Religion (answer all 3 questions in your response)

1. According to this document, where did Hammurabi get his power as king? According to the text was the religion monotheistic or polytheistic (1 god or many gods) and how do you know?

2. According to this document, was the religion monotheistic or polytheistic, what is your evidence?

3. According to this document, what was the goal of Hammurabi's code?

Document B: Economy

According to this document, do you think most people in Babylonia made  money in cities or in the country? 

How do you know this from reading the document? (evidence)

Document C: Society (answer both questions in your response)

Code 196: what is the punishment for put out the eye of "another man"?

How might code 196 be seen as an attempt to promote equality?

Document C: Society (answer both questions in your response)

Code 199 describes a different punishment for putting out the eye of an enslaved person. What does this tell us about equality in Babylonia?

Document C: Society

What do codes 117,138, and 141 suggest about the status of women in Babylonian society?

Explain how Hammurabi's Code helped unify the Babylonian Empire. Use evidence from the images to support your answer.

In a REAL paragraph, What can we learn about Babylonia from Hammurabi's Code?

(use the sentence starters in the image to help you)