Akrep, Mehmet Yunus

The Sumerian temples played an active role in the economy. Within this context, the temple economy model has been suggested in Sumerians. On the basis of this, Scientists have indicated that temples operates as a bank. Temples that looks like a religious places have given the goods or silver to the people in need with high interest rates. They have resorted to enslave people by timing repayment period to unproductive harvest season. Consequently, they have encountered with government for certain periods. These encounters have resulted in conflicts occasionally. Although Akkadians had an effect on the dissolution of Sumerian Empire, temples' role of weakening state mechanism is a factor that cannot be ignored

Akrep, Mehmet Yunus

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Akrep, Mehmet Yunus

A large parf of knowledge about Emar which is capital of the kingdom of Aştata, comes from the surrounding city-states. The city of Emar are the most glorious times of the fourteenth century BC, even under the control of other states. Economically, the city of Emar is as rich as the city of Aleppo, probably this advantage could not be used in the foreign policy. The city of Emar gives a prominent religious view of the city of Emar. This state was probably taken the stage of the history after the invasion of the Sea People

Akrep, Mehmet Yunus