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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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