"104. If a merchant gives an agent corn, wool, oil, or any other goods to transport, the agent shall give a receipt for the amount, and compensate the merchant therefore. Then he shall obtain a receipt from the merchant for the money that he gives the merchant."1
Using the quotation above and evidence from the course, write an analysis that answers these questions:
Why did civilizations like Mesopotamia eventually develop a system of writing?
What activities required recordkeeping?
What were the characteristics of the writing system in Sumer?
What was the Babylonian Empire, and what was the purpose of Hammurabi's laws?
What conclusions may be reached about trade and writing in the Mesopotamia civilization?
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They required a writing system to write the receipts based on the text.
Transportation required recordkeeping in order to keep track of the volume of commodities and the type of items that needed to be transported.
-Mesopotamia rises because of its writing and the people of Sumer developed a system of writing.
-The Babylonian empire was the ancient world's most powerful state. And the rules of Hammurabi were the first laws enacted by the Babylonian empire.
-Trade was one of many important factors in Mesopotamia that created the need for writing.
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