Mesopotamia
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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Mesopotamia is the oldest religion that we have records of
Government
Had different class systems
The priest
Upper class
Lower class
Slaves
The law system was the "Hammurabi's code: "an eye for eye"
Trade
They produced abundant wheat, barley, dates, flax, fish, and other essential crops.
The people who would trade with other people: private merchants, state organized trade expeditions, and ran local traders, and merchants.
Trade:
Royal gift exchange, booty from southern Mesopotamia.
We think Egypt is better because Egypt has the Nile which floods once in a while which helps them irrigate and harvest the crops. Then when the crops are harvested they have food now.
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