Aspects from the Freedom in Mesopotamia

Hashim Huseen Ali, Yasir

	Aspects from the Freedom in Mesopotamia
Al-Adab Journal
Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 114, 2018, Pages 627-640
Author
Yasir Hashim Huseen Ali
Abstract
The research focused on studying some aspects of freedom in Mesopotamia, and gave us an idea about the ancient Iraqis ability to explain their point of view in different manner of expressions and their opinions about the rulers and kings policies that got the benefit and welfare to them. This gives an evidence of course scope that was achieved by the ancient Iraqis society in the thought range at that time. Henceforth, The religious freedom had occupied an important space in Mesopotamian society since the worship practice and ritual performance were the most important matters to the people. However, the belief selection of ancient Iraqis were pulling out from their freedom will without any kind of forcing and compulsion, and our evidence on this fact is the multi-deities for them. On the other hand, the freedom of speech had a special character in some of the Sumerian and the Akadian texts especially among the officers and the rulers in one hand, or among the rulers themselves through their writings in the other hand. Thus, it's obvious through the text phrases which indicate that there were some of officers and rulers who under their kings' control had advised the kings through their views according to the desire on the public interest. Moreover, those kings were accepting these views as they aim at the king service. However, the freedom of language was one of the most unit reason to the ancient Iraqis especially in some of historical stages, and it is obvious in spreading of Aramaic language in the last of the 1st thousand century B.C., that was a great influence in using it as a speech and recording language beside the Akadian language.

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