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Write a note on city of mari

Answer» \tAfter 2000\xa0BCE\xa0the royal capital of Mari flourished. Mari stands not on the southern plain with its highly\xa0productive agriculture\xa0but much further upstream on the Euphrates. Here agriculture and animal rearing were carried out close to each other in this region.\tHerders need to\xa0exchange young animals,cheese, leather and meat in return for grain,metal tools, etc., and the manure of a penned flock is also of great use to a farmer. Yet, at the same time, there may be conflict between the regions.\tIn Mesopotamian nomadic communities of the western desert\xa0filtered into the prosperous agricultural heartland. Shepherds would bring their flocks into the sown area in the summer.\tSuch groups would come in as herders,\xa0harvest labourersor hired soldiers, occasionally become prosperous, and settle down. A few gained the power to establish their own rule. These included the Akkadians, Amorites,Assyrians and Aramaeans.\tThe kings of Mari, however, had to\xa0be vigilant; herders of various tribes were allowed to move in the kingdom, but they were watched.The camps of herders are mentioned frequently in letters between kings and officials. In one letter, an officer writes to the king that he has been seeing frequent fire signals at night – sent by one camp to another – and he suspects that a raid or an attack is being planned.\tLocated on the Euphrates in a\xa0prime position for trade\xa0– in wood,copper, tin, oil, wine, and various other goods that were carried in boats along the Euphrates – between the south and the mineral rich uplands of Turkey, Syria and Lebanon.\tBoats carrying grinding stones, wood, and wine and oil jars, would stop at Mari on their way to the southern cities. Officers of this town would go aboard, inspect the cargo and levy a charge of\xa0about one-tenth the value of the goods\xa0before allowing the boat to continue downstream.\tThus, although the kingdom of Mari\xa0was not militarily strong, but it was exceptionally prosperous.


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