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In Mesopotamia farmers settled and adapted to the uncertain environment of the river plain. The first of these peoples to produce written records were the Sumerians. Some Sumerian towns grew into city states composed of an urban center that ruled the surrounding agricultural land. At first the primary leaders of these states were priests, but they gave way to kings who assumed all manner of religious, administrative, legal, and military responsibilities.
Mesopotamia developed sharp social divisions that were reflected in the Class bases penalties set down in the Law Code of Hammurabi.
Law Code of Hammurabi: is a well preserved ancient law Code, created ca 1790 in ancient Babylon it was enacted by the Sixth Babylon king Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today in the Akkadian language.
Mesopotamia religion involved gods that embodied the uncertain forces of the environment, and the people strove to appease those gods through public, state organized religion focused on temple precincts maintained by privets. To transform the natural environment and human Society, the Mesopotamia developed various technologies, including the Cuneiform writing System, irrigation, bronze casting and technologies, for producing monumental architecture.
Mesopotamia developed sharp social divisions that were reflected in the Class bases penalties set down in the Law Code of Hammurabi.
Law Code of Hammurabi: is a well preserved ancient law Code, created ca 1790 in ancient Babylon it was enacted by the Sixth Babylon king Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today in the Akkadian language.
Mesopotamia religion involved gods that embodied the uncertain forces of the environment, and the people strove to appease those gods through public, state organized religion focused on temple precincts maintained by privets. To transform the natural environment and human Society, the Mesopotamia developed various technologies, including the Cuneiform writing System, irrigation, bronze casting and technologies, for producing monumental architecture.
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