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Over hundreds of years, political terrtories changed becuase of territories taking over each other for power and trade.

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In ancient Mesopotamia, Hammurabi was the main political figure, and everything you did in Mesopotamia was impacted by him and his laws. For example, in Document Two, it states, “ In the Code of Hammurabi, the laws concerned daily life, business, medicine, property and family.”

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Another piece of evidence to support that Government was the most important and influential to Mesopitamia’s success is in Document Five, when it explains, “... it created a set of rules that helped to govern a civilization while trying to protect people even if they had little political power.”

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Is food suply more important than Goverment? Counter Claim

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Is food suply more important than Goverment? Counter Claim

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However, some may argue that food supply is the most important characteristic of a civilization because it is vital for life, and without it, a civilization would not exist because there would be no people. According to “https://pmsancientmesopotamia.weebly.com”, it states, “ They needed a way to speed up the process, so that the food supply was always stable.” “https://pmsancientmesopotamia.weebly.com” also states, “So, it is very important to have a stable food supply.”

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Hammurabi was an important part in Babylon's rise to power becuase he fought other territoies in mesopitamia, which was a big influence to growing Babylon's trade, goverment and economey.

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Lamb stew that Babylon citizens may have eaten thousnads of years ago. 

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This shows that a stable food supply could be the most important element of a civilization because when the Mesopitamians didn’t have a stable food supply, they needed to make a better way to get food because it was so important to their survival of their civilization and themselves.

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Could food suply and goverment both be the most important?

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Could food suply and goverment both be the most important?

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Even though I originally thought that Goverment was the most important element of a civilization, now I think that food suply may also be as important. Food suply is very impotant for a civilzation to florish becuase when we think back to the Inca civilization, they were able to survive, but they wern't able to florish becuase they always had to be looking for food, so they couldn't create new inverntions and a goverment, which is why they were easlily taken down by the conquestadors. Without a stable food suply, civilzations arent able to thrive, they are only able to survie. Stable food suply is the main building block to a civilization. After people have a stable food suply, they can work on goverment which is also important to a civilzation becuase it helps keep everything together, then they can work on other elements of a civilzation.

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This connects to my claim and shows how the government impacted civilians' daily life in Mesopotamia because Hammurabi and the government made many strict laws that affected people's day to day life. The laws would keep everything in order, but they would also have harsh punishments that could ruin peoples lives. Having these laws were very important to Mesopotamia success, and without the influence of them, Mesopotamia wouldn't have been one of the most successful ancient civilizations.

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This shows how government was the most important thing for the mesopotamian civilization because they were able to create laws that affected everyone and gave everyone rights even if they were slaves. This also shows how the government had the biggest influence in Mesopotamia since everyone had to abide by the law, which helped grow their civilization in every class status.

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Government impacted Mesopitamian/Suberian society the most because many of the people's actions and ways of life were deeply impacted by the government's laws and influence. However, some may think that food suply is more ifluental to a civilization becuase without a stable food suply, you aren't able to focus on any of the othre elements of a civilzation because you would be to foucsed on getting food.

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In conclusion, Goverment is the most influental part of a civilization becuase without it, everthing would cruble. There would be no order or laws, and people would be able to do whatever they want. Nobody would have jobs becuase they wouldn't want to do them, so nobody would have food or basic nesities. Hammurabi influenced Mesopotamian goverment the most, and helped grow trade, jobs and create laws. However, a Stable Food Suply is as important as a orderly goverment because without a stable food suply, people aren't able to make a goverment or work on any of the other elements of a civilization because they would be to worried about getting food. Goverment is the most important to keep a thriving civilization in order, but not as important as stable food suply would be in the begining of a civlilzation.