Accounting in Mesopotamia

There appears to be a migration from mesopotamia to choga mish, on the western edge of the modern day country of iran. What we do find in chokamish is a form of mesopotamian accounting. In order to have an effective trade network and internal distribution programme within the city, you would have had to have had a record of transactions. If crops are failing, then people are getting hungry. And if people are getting desperate, they are really not going to give two hoots about their city's law code. To keep control of the population, the ministers of the city must govern fairly to prevent mass uproar. This may need to be done by keeping written