How did Mesopotamia acquire the people they enslaved?(1 point)

Question

Responses

from local households
from local households

from people who could not pay their debts
from people who could not pay their debts

from political alliances with other areas
from political alliances with other areas

from war with other areas

Answer 1

The correct response is: from war with other areas.

Mesopotamia acquired many of its enslaved people through warfare, as prisoners of war were often enslaved. Other sources of slavery might include debt, but the primary means historically was often through conflict and conquest.