The tax system in the Middle Babylonian era (the Kassite period)
Abstract
Cuneiform documents shed light on an important aspect related to trade during the Middle Babylonian era (the Kassite period), relying on cuneiform texts related to the reality of commercial life, including purchase and sale contracts and other commercial transactions such as barter and loans, as well as a study of physical effects, including the border stones (Kuduru) discovered in the sites Various archaeological sites from Mesopotamia. Taxes also constituted a large resource throughout the ancient times of Mesopotamia and reflected an important aspect of the nature and efficiency of the prevailing economic system at the time. Taxes differed and their names and forms varied, some of which were imposed on agricultural crops, livestock, or on various commercial materials the other.
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