Berkeley Stessman: Social Structure by Berkeley

Social Structure

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:07:25 UTC

Evidence 1

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:18:55 UTC

According to the Elements of civilization article it states, “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. ”

Reasoning 1

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:21:59 UTC

This quote can tell us how social structure impacted Mesopotamia because it shows us how Mesopotamia had the higher people in the citystate, and that they had an organized system on how things worked. This system or “hierarchy” is important so that nothing gets out of hand, and there are designated people to have the highest power. These people rule over everyone, instead of people fighting for power, and everything runs smoothly.

Evidence 2

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:31:51 UTC

According to the elements of Civilization Article it states “Farmers grew food for the city. Merchants and artisans traded goods with people from other places. Builders made canals, walls, statues, ziggurats, and more.”

Reasoning 2

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:36:33 UTC

This quote shows the idea that social structure is most important because everyone has their own roles that work together in a way to keep civilization going. For example the farmers grew food, keeping everyone fed, the Merchants traded getting materials to support the civilization in making and building things. Builders made canals to get water to the civilization, which could then water crops farmers grew. All the jobs of the social structure then work together to help build this civilization.

Claim

857674_1 — 2024-10-07 17:41:13 UTC

In my opinion social structure had the most influence on the Mesopotamia society. Social structure mainly impacted the Mesopotamia society by making sure there was a straight order of ways things went, and how much power certain people had so nothing got too out of hand. Another reason social structure impacted Mesopotamia is that everyone had a place, and they had jobs for their place and responsibilities so that the city could keep going smoothly.

Evidence 3

857674_1 — 2024-10-08 17:05:28 UTC

According to the Social Structure Article it states, “Other members of the upper class were the educators; every teacher and private tutor was a scribe, and scribes commanded great respect.”

857674_1 — 2024-10-08 17:07:47 UTC

857674_1 — 2024-10-08 17:08:12 UTC

Mesopotamia citizens eating together, the food the farmers harvested

Reasoning 3

857674_1 — 2024-10-08 17:13:19 UTC

This quote shows us how the teachers and scribes are a very important part to keep the system going. The scribes teachers and educators were treated with great respect showing their role was very important and did not go unused. The upper class was very important in Mesopotamia, and without the scribes and educator in the upper class, no one would get proper education.

Counter claim

857674_1 — 2024-10-08 17:32:58 UTC

Some people may argue government is the most important because there has to be rules or everything will go wrong. But without social structure there is no hierarchy of who makes the rules, and everyone could just make up their own rules for the government to follow, which would lead to the downfall of civilization. Therefore social structure is the most important so rules stay in order, and nothing too bad happens.

857674_1 — 2024-10-09 17:14:07 UTC

857674_1 — 2024-10-09 17:18:31 UTC