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Harsh Justice

Harsh Justice. Hammurabi’s Laws. Women’s Roles. Pretty highly regarded. Had jobs such as scribes. Hammurabi’s Laws gave rights and protected women. . Babylonian Feast. Traditionally served food on a tray placed on a low table. Their diet: Millet (a type of seed) Barley Lentils Cheese

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Harsh Justice

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  1. Harsh Justice

  2. Hammurabi’s Laws

  3. Women’s Roles • Pretty highly regarded. • Had jobs such as scribes. • Hammurabi’s Laws gave rights and protected women.

  4. Babylonian Feast • Traditionally served food on a tray placed on a low table. • Their diet: • Millet (a type of seed) • Barley • Lentils • Cheese • Pita Bread

  5. Amulet A charm with symbolic magical powers meant to protect the wearer

  6. Cedar An evergreen tree

  7. Dank Unpleasantly humid or damp.

  8. Dowry Money or goods a wife brings to a marriage.

  9. Rejoice To feel joyful.

  10. Ritual An act used in a religious ceremony.

  11. Scribe A public secretary or clerk in ancient times.

  12. Shekel The smallest unit of Babylonian currency (Sixty shekels made up one mina. A shekel was made of and worth about half an ounce of silver.)

  13. Stela A stone slab or pillar, usually carved or inscribed.

  14. Ziggurat A special kind of Babylonian temple built in the form of a stepped pyramid.

  15. Scene One

  16. Scene Two

  17. Scene Three

  18. Scene Four

  19. Scene Five

  20. The End

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