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Chapter 2 Section 3
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6th Grade
10/30/2013

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his empire to follow
Definition
King Hammurabi set down rules for everyone in ______________________.
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code
Definition
Hammurabi’s laws were called a _______ because they were written in an organized list.
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Cuneiform
Definition
_________ was used to write many kinds of documents, messages, and so forth.
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different laws for gentlemen, commoners, and slaves
Definition
Under Hammurabi, there were _____________________________________________________
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symbols that can express ideas and the names of objects, people, and places
Definition
Cuneiform consists of ___________________________________________________________________
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everyone knew the punishments because they were written
Definition
In Hammurabi’s Code, ______________________________________________________________
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clay
Definition
Babylonian scribes used ______ for writing.
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areas of geometric shapes
Definition
Babylonian mathematicians used the ________________ as a way of calculating.
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in the form of pictures
Definition
The oldest known writing is ____________________
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the adoption of children
Definition
Under Hammurabi’s Code, laws covered __________________
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