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
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
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