HIST 1A Lecture 3: Hist 1A- Week 2 Lecture 1
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Barley as a form of payment - measures of grain. Women are earning more than men (this may or may not be to feed their children) Shasha, the wife of uru"inimgina, king of lagash. In charge of the temple, given a religious role. Period of de-urbanization along broader region, souther mesopotamia. Expanded model temple city to a broader empire. Three legally de ned social strata: elite, masses, slaves. Based on number 60 because it has a lot more prime factors in it and makes multiplying a lot easier. 1600 bc, hittites destroy old babylonian state. Empire lasts until 1276 bc when defeated by egyptians. Hittites are not interested in recording or sharing how they administered. Two theories: steppe pastoralists or anatolian agriculturalists. Yamnaya peoples arrive with domestic animals but no agriculture. Other people with agriculture spread out with their package from asia minor. Package of technology and spreading of farming package.
