CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for ____
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slaves
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peasants
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gods
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banishment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -effect of these rules was to create in practice two classes of slavery, debt-slavery and chattel-slavery, with different consequences in terms of manumission. A third class was constituted by what we shall term famine-slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Slaves in Mesopotamia The most famous slaves were the Jews captured under King Nebuchadnezzar. Slaves were bought and sold in the market and branded. They worked in irrigation projects, temples and palaces.
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