the first cities in the world why did people begin to
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Mesopotamian Cities• The first cities in the world
• Why did people begin to gather in cities?
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1. Protection• After agriculture began in the region,
humans began to live in larger groups
• It became dangerous to stay in smallergroups
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• So small villages became larger villages
• Larger villages became little towns
• And small towns became larger towns
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• For a larger town to support itspopulation, it must have enough foodand water
• For this reason, the location of a town or city is crucial
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• Irrigation became the system by whichthe Mesopotamians ensured that theyhad enough food and fresh water
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• So we know that humans moved intotowns to protect themselves from othergroups, but how did people protectthemselves from other people within the towns?
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2. Laws• The Mesopotamians created the first
legal system
• In many towns and cities, laws weredeveloped by local kings, which meantthey could change often
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• But in more sophisticated cities, lawswere written down
• That way, everybody knew what the lawsand punishments were
• In general, punishments were severe by today’s standards
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A legal code for our society• Imagine our class is a Mesopotamian
society with a king or queen
• Work in small groups to come up with the laws we need
• Don’t forget to include the punishmentfor breaking each law!
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The groups…
• The royal family
• The bureaucracy
• The workers
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• Farmers
• The rich, who don’tneed to work
• Slaves
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A few considerations…• Are the laws and consequences the same
for everybody?
• Do the laws and consequences apply to young people as well?
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Hammurabi’s Code• A well-preserved Mesopotamian code of
law from 1754 BCE
• Hammurabi was a king
• The laws were written in fairly plain language so that everybody couldunderstand
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Hammurabi’s Code