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Talia

Rulers

Priests & Social Classes

  • Kings= City-State Rulers
  • Kings=Interaction with priests, his people and the gods
  • Kings= Declaration of war & make and tell the laws
  • People= Able to veto those decisions or laws
  • Direct connection to gods
  • Priests and Kings
  • Upper Class
  • Middle Class
  • Lower Class

  • http://www.historyonthenet.com/mesopotamians/mesopotamian-governments
  • http://www.timemaps.com/civilization/Ancient-Mesopotamia#pol
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi
  • http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/government.html
  • http://www.history4kids.co/2013/02/the-role-of-government-in-ancient.html
  • http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/the-mind/history-of-thinking/early-civilization/mesopotamian-law.html
  • http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-hammurabis-code

Sophia

The Beginning of Government

Sources

Liv

Documents in Cuneiform

  • http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/government.html
  • http://www.ancient.eu/Mesopotamia/
  • http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub363/item1517.html#chapter-1
  • http://www.historyonthenet.com/mesopotamians/mesopotamian-governments

  • Mesopotamia NEEDED Government
  • Monarchy
  • Organized parts
  • Cuneiform = communicate events, trade etc. on clay tablets
  • Religious/government documents
  • Writing and Gov. to keep order of cities
  • http://factsanddetials.com/world/cat56/sub363/item1517.html
  • https://www.reference.com/history/form-government-did-mesopotamians-9ab11134962c1bad
  • https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/6th-grade-social-studies/basic-facts/mesopotamia

Allie

Laws

Benefits of the government

  • Government organized city
  • Laws
  • Kings
  • Made laws= to have more organization
  • Weak have protection from strong
  • Punishment depended on gender and social ranking
  • Weren't fair

https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/6th-grade-social-studies/basic-facts/mesopotamia

http://www.ancient.eu/article/37/

https://kidskonnect.com/history/ancient-mesopotamia/

http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/mesopotamia-history/top-11-inventions-and-discoveries-of-mesopotamia/

http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/eagleslandingsms/MesopotamiaGovernment.pdf

http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub363/item1517.html

http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/anicent_mesopotamia.php

http:/www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/daily_life_in_mesopotamia.php

http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/government.html

Mesopotamia Government

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