Each individual had a special protective deity. The gods directed mankind and ideas were god-given in order to labor over the land and fulfill the will of the gods. Rules and regulations were devised by the gods to make the cosmos run smoothly and effectively and became a list of Mes, which were a set of laws to keep the world in order. According to Peter F. Smith’s “The Dynamics of Urbanism,” Sumerians were driven to fulfill the divine command against inactivity.
