Time, they also had pretty much the same laws and punishments, culture, urban They were separate city-states and fought each other all the Might pass a law, and pretty soon, if it was a good law and stuckĪround, all the city-states adopted the same law. EachĬity-state had it own royal family and its own military and its The thing is, the Sumerians were organized into city-states.

Everyone knew what the punishment was so there was no escape by saying you didn't know. If you offended the gods, you were punished. If you stole something, you were punished according to what you stole. The punishment was set for each infraction. If you broke the law in Sumer, you would be punished. King passed a law, and everyone was expected to learn it and obey it. Sumerian Laws: The Sumerians did not, to our knowledge, write down their laws. The

Quite different, however, in ancient Assyria. Or the assembly might say we don't want to go to war, so stop it. EachĬity-state had its own king and its own assembly. Wise men, elected by the people, who could overrule the king and say, this is not a good law, get rid of it King and nobles who made the laws and declared war and decided how to honor the gods. Then there was an assembly of Government: In both Sumer and Babylon, there wasĪn unusual form of government that came pretty close to an

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