Jobs of the Ancient Mesopotamians
Normal life in a busy city consists of mostly one thing: work. This applies to all functional civilizations, and has been like this for thousands of years. Around the beginning of this age, Mesopotamia was a booming empire filled with jobs like priests, farmers, fishers, factory workers, slaves and factory workers.
Going to Work
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Work in ancient Mesopotamia were not very varied. It started off with farmers, who made crops and domesticated animals. Soon enough, though, they had a surplus of food. With more time on their hands rather than farming, the Mesopotamians started to become artisans. Ornaments, tools, baskets and more were created. Eventually, the Mesopotamians became highly skilled with this new handiwork and started to make more advanced forms of non essential items.
The Roles of Mesopotamia
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People had to run the economy. Some of these jobs were kings, scribes and priests. Scribes were important since they were one of the only people to actually know how to read and write. Also, kings were the most powerful people, since they controlled taxes, was in charge of the surplus of food, and made laws. While not leaders, farmers were essential to grow crops and domesticate animals. Fishers were also on the same level, having to fish and feed the community. Traders were important because they went around and bought and sold goods not normal to that region. Blacksmiths were also important, and they made metal tools, weapons and items.