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This evidence suggests that social structures are needed in civilization due to allowing them to set rules and having a government which allows them to have a leader. The government allows people to have the same laws so everyone is equal

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The characteristics of a civilization that had the most influence on the mesopotamian society is social structure

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Social structure for Mesopotamia can be divided into royalty upper class middle class and lower class

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According to the social structure article, “it is important because it created the first set of rules that helped to govern a civilization”

This evidence suggests that social structures are needed in civilization due to allowing them to set rules and having a government

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"Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations to establish a social structure. Many social structures are based on a hierarchy in which some people are valued more than others. People in Mesopotamia believed that a king was the link between the earth and the heavens."

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We can see from this evidence that kings always came at the top of the social structure because they were beloved to be a link between earth and heaven.