Student Activity

Hammurabi's Code

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Code of Hammurabi.

Hammurabi’s Code: How does it reflect Babylonian society?

Click on the link for your group and work together to answer the questions. The precepts are available at Yale University’s Avalon Project. The precepts, questions, and some brief background information that will guide each group through this activity is available in the list of links below (in .pdf form).

Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi’s Code: How does it reflect Babylonian society?

Materials & Media

Hammurabi’s Code: Activity 4, Group 1: healthcare

Activity 4: Hammurabi’s Code: Group 2:How does it reflect Babylonian society?

Activity 4: Hammurabi’s Code: Group 3: How does it reflect Babylonian society?

Activity 4: Hammurabi’s Code: Group 5: How does it reflect Babylonian society?

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