Hammurabi's Code Key Terms

Famous ruler of the Babylonian Empire. Responsible for Hammurabi's Code.

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Hammurabi

Written by Hammurabi and posted throughout the Babylonian Empire. The world's first written code of law.

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Hammurabi's Code

A group of lands controlled by one ruler

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​Empire

Mesopotamian Empire that was the first empire in the history of the world

​Akkadian Empire

​First ruler of the Akkadian Empire

Sargon

Empire that came after the Akkadians and ruled by Hammurabi

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​Babylonian Empire

Large stone tablets that Hammurabi posted his laws on throughout his empire

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Stele

King of the Mesopotamian gods

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Anu

To farm or work

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Till

Money or property that a wives family gives a husband when they marry

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​Dowry