Zoey humphrey:social structure by Zoey Humphrey

social structure

8749061 — 2024-10-07 16:02:02 UTC

I think social structure is the most influential to the mesopotamian community

why is social structure the most influential?

8749061 — 2024-10-07 16:07:32 UTC

social structure is the most influential because just because of the family you are born into that decides what you can do and where you are on the social structure and that influences all of mesopotamia.

evidence 1

8749061 — 2024-10-08 15:35:53 UTC

For example if you were born in to the royal family then you were high up on the social structure but if you were born into a commoner then you were lower on the pyramid.

woman in mesopotamia

8749061 — 2024-10-08 15:40:13 UTC

Most woman were expected to be mothers and wives so if you were a woman you had limited options of what to do in the civilization.

evidence 2

8749061 — 2024-10-08 15:42:28 UTC

According to the world history encyclopedia "The primary role of women in ancient Mesopotamia was thought to be a wife and mother. Women were expected to marry, bear children, rear them, and take care of the home"

The top of the pyramid

8749061 — 2024-10-08 15:59:16 UTC

the Top of the pyramid was kings and the royal family, if you were born into the royal family you had more opportunities and were more powerful.

Evidence 3

8749061 — 2024-10-08 16:01:50 UTC

"the king was “head of the household” who was responsible for the well-being of those who lived there (his family, extended family, administrators, staff, and slaves) but, in his role as monarch, was head of his kingdom and all its citizens were understood as his children." source:world history encyclopedia.

reasoning 1

8749061 — 2024-10-08 16:09:24 UTC

this shows that your gender or the family/social status you were born into decided where you were on the social pyramid and your job.

reasoning 2

8749061 — 2024-10-09 15:32:24 UTC

This demonstrates how social structure was influential because it shows how women's roles were to be moms and wifes and that was there place in the social structure just because they were women.

reasoning 3

8749061 — 2024-10-09 15:37:34 UTC

this shows how the top of the pyramid had power over the bottom just because they were born into the royal family and they controlled the rest on mesopotamia.

8749061 — 2024-10-09 15:38:50 UTC

Counter claim

8749061 — 2024-10-09 15:41:25 UTC

However some could argue that religion overthrows social structure because everyone honors the gods and the priest's job is to honor them too so some could say that religion overthrows social structure but without the social structure there wouldn't be priests and no connection with the gods