Question

Which of the following is a false statement?

A) Hammurabi set forth a code of laws to govern trade with other cultures.
B) Babylon was located on the Euphrates River.
C) King Hammurabi was leader of the Amorites when he took control of Babylon.
D) Hammurabi's code was inscribed on a stone slab, or stele.

Answer 1

D.) Hammurabi's code was inscribed on a stone slab, or stele

Answer 2

D) Hammurabi's code was inscribed on a stone slab, or stele.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Hammurabi Code is a set of laws created in Mesopotamia around the 18th century BC by King Hammurabi of the first Babylonian dynasty. The code is based on the talion law, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

This code consisted of 281 laws that were carved from a dark-colored diorite rock. Written in cuneiform characters, the laws provide for rules and punishments for everyday life events. Its main purpose was to unify the kingdom through a code of common laws. To do this, Hamurabi had copies of this code spread in various regions of the kingdom.