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What were the rights and responsibilities of the citizens in ancient mesopotamia?
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∙ 6y ago
Citizenship. While there are no Mesopotamian terms for "citizen" before the law nor any known declarations of citizens' rights, existing written texts indicate that distinctions were drawn between native-born "sons of the city" or "sons of the land" on the one hand and foreign residents on the other. In court records and ration lists, for example, the name of a foreign-born citizen appears with a notation regarding geographic origin, such as "Kassite" or "Elamite." The king's first obligation seems to have been to his native born subjects. According to a didactic literary composition known as Advice to a Prince, (If a king) denied due process to a citizen (literally "son") of (the Babylonian city of) Sippar, but granted it to an alien, (the god) Shamash, judge of heaven and earth, will establish an alien due process in his land, and neither princes nor judges will have regard for due process. (Foster).....
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∙ 14y agoThe kings in Mesopotamia had various responsibilities such as, Running the kingdom (obviously), protection of the kingdom, conquering other kingdoms (if they wanted to), and creating a set of laws and punishments.
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∙ 10y agoIt gave them the right to own property, have a share in government and the protection of the law. It also carried the obligation for military service to protect their property.
Non citizens had no rights. This included women, resident aliens, other aliens and slaves.
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