Hammurabi's Code and Babylonian Society

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering laws and social structure from Hammurabi's Code.

According to law $3$, if someone brings an accusation of a capital offense before the elders and cannot prove it, he shall be __________.

put to death

Under law $6$, if anyone steals the property of a temple or court, both the thief and the person who receives the stolen property shall be __________.

put to death

According to law $195$, if a son strikes his father, his __________.

hands shall be hewn off

Under law $196$, if a man puts out the eye of another man, his __________.

eye shall be put out

According to law $197$, if a man breaks another man's bone, his __________.

bone shall be broken

Under law $198$, if a man puts out the eye or breaks the bone of a freed man, he shall pay __________.

one gold mina

According to law $199$, if a man puts out the eye or breaks the bone of another man's slave, he shall pay __________.

one-half of its value

Under law $229$, if a builder constructs a house improperly and it falls in and kills the owner, that builder shall be __________.

put to death

According to law $230$, if a collapsed house kills the owner's son, the __________ of that builder shall be put to death.

son

Under law $231$, if a poorly built house collapses and kills a slave of the owner, the builder shall pay __________ to the owner of the house.

slave for slave

The ancient city of Susa is located in modern-day __________.

Iran

The original stele of Hammurabi can be found today in the __________.

Louvre

The capital of Hammurabi's kingdom was __________.

Babylon

The number of social classes mentioned in Hammurabi's Code is __________.

$$3$$

In Babylonian society, the privileged class was called __________.

amelu

In Babylonian society, the class composed of free men was called __________.

muslihenu

In Babylonian society, the slave class was called __________.

ardu

The principle used when dealing with crimes committed by members of the privileged class was __________.

eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

The lowest class of Babylonian society was represented by __________.

slaves