Kings of course lived in palaces. In the cities homes were built out from the center of settlement, which was the temple with its ziggurat. The wealthiest and highest on social ladder lived close to the center. The homes of the affluent were built of sun-dried bricks while those of people of lesser means would have been constructed from reeds. It is to be noticed that their houses were still called homes and not huts.
Children were raised according to their gender roles. Boys were raised learning skills and girls were raised to be wives and mothers. Once a child was of marrying age, families would arrange a marriage. At the marriage ceremony it is believed