Code of Hammurabi, Hanging Gardens, and ancient Mesopotamian empires.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Which Babylonian king supposedly built the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders?
The gardens may never have existed; some historians suggest the story describes Assyrian gardens in Nineveh instead.
Which ancient phrase sums up the Code of Hammurabi's rule of punishment matching the crime?
Known as lex talionis, the principle demanded that a wrongdoer suffer exactly what they inflicted on a victim.
Which king of Babylon wrote the famous law code carved on a stone pillar?
Hammurabi ruled Babylon in the 1700s BCE, and his stele showing the sun god Shamash now stands in the Louvre.
The reconstructed Ishtar Gate originally stood in which ancient city?
The Ishtar Gate stood in ancient Babylon and formed part of the Processional Way under Nebuchadnezzar II.