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Government NotesWriteallnotesthatareinred
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SeveralseparateindependentcitystatesaroseinMesopotamia.TheseincludedUr,Sumer,Assyria,andBabylon.Therulerofeachcitystateclaimedtoholdabsolutepower.
AtdifferentperiodsofhistoryonecityconqueredtheothersandruledoverMesopotamia.Whenkingsconquerothercitystates,itiscalledanempire,whichisagroupofcountriesunderoneruler'scontrol.Theruleriscalledanemperor.
Government
Whydidweneedagovernment?
-Keeporder
-Createlaws
-Settledisputes
-Runthearmy(protection)
-Lookoverbuildingprojects
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Rulersbecameresponsiblefororganizingthelaborneededtobuildtemplesandlargescaleirrigationprojects
> Otherleaderscreatedlawsthathelpedresolveproblems
Settlementscouldeitherbe...
undercontrolofanempire
OR
functionasanindependentcitystate
Largenumbersofpeoplebegantolivetogethersoleadershipbecamemoreimportanttohelpwithconflictsandcoordinatelargeprojects.
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Functionedlikeindependentkingdoms
Hadtheirowncentralgovernmentandculturalcharacteristics
CITYSTATE
Citystatesweresurroundedbymudflatsandpatchesofscorcheddesert.Theharshlandscapemadeithardtotravelbylandandcommunicatewithothergroups.Thismeantthateachcitywaslargelycutofffromisneighbors.
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independentcitystates
conqueredcitystate=empire
Ur
Sumer
Assyria
Babylon
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Leaderswerepickedbytheemperor
Lawswerecreatedbythecentralgovernment
Theemperorwouldspreadhiscultureovertheentireregion
EMPIREconqueredcitystate=empire
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World'sFirstEmpire?
*SargonruledthekingdomofAkkadinnorthernMesopotamia.
*HewasAMBITIOUSandstartedtotakeoversouthernMesopotamiaa.k.a.SUMER!
*Thisnewempirelastedover200years!!
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Armyfordefense
Taxesoncitizens
Laws
Tradewithothers
Whatdidacitystateandanempirehaveincommon?
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Hammurabi'sCode
HammurabiwasakingwhoruledinancientBabylon(acitystatein
Mesopotamia)about1750B.C.In1901,someFrencharchaeologists
workinginIranuncoveredastonepillarthathadnearly300lawsof
Babyloniansocietywrittenonitinancientcuneiform.Fromthese
laws,inwhichareknownastheCodeofHammurabi,historians
havelearnedmuchaboutthisancientculture.Itisbelievedthese
lawsweregiventoHammurabibythegod,Shamash.
powerfulAmoritekingwhoruledfrom1792to1750B.C.extendedempireacrossMesopotamia,FertileCrescentappointedgovernors,taxcollectors,judgestocontrollandswatchedoveragriculture,trade,construction
Hammurabi
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The earliest examples of the idea of the accused
being considered innocent until proven guilty.
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