3.9 Practice DBQ: Hammurabi's Code

A question that requires you to use information from historical sources to answer.

A question that only uses information from textbooks

A question with only one correct answer.

To tell people that Hammurabi has the blessings of the gods to create the laws.

To send the message that Hammurabi is defying the gods and creating this law.

To show that Hammurabi is an evil person who wants to destroy the world.

Hammurabi set these limits so the son would not lose his home over a disagreement with his father.

Hammurabi set these limits because the son is more important than the father.

Hammurabi sets these limits so the daughter doesn't take over the house.