The Politics And Governing Behind Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia consisted of individual city-states These city-states were groupings of people who were not only separated from other groupings of people by geography but were also separated politically. These groups were not large enough to really be entire states and they were about the size of cities as well as everyone having to live within the city walls. Their independent governments also made them more like states because they controlled and governed themselves. Each city-state had its own independent government The collective city-states were not controlled and guided by a central government system so that they worked together efficiently to best benefit all people but rather because of disagreements the government of each city-state was independent of others. The city-states would often trade goods with each other which helped them prosper but war was common between the city-states due to their individual governments who had their own interests at heart and not the greater good of Mesopotamia and the leaders petty feuds likely influence their decisions as well as many governments likely being corrupt. The city-states all shared the same religion and language The city-states were not complete strangers to each other and their wars were likely due to political disagreements and resources. Many wars start due to religion and especially back in those times but that is not the case with Mesopotamian city-states because all of them shared the same religion. Many other wars happen when a civilization encounters another. Miscommunications and misunderstandings lead to war, and this was a lot less likely to happen to the city-states because they all spoke the same language. |