What does six handed mean in this sentence: therefore, let him go to the law six handed. it's old timey english in my history work

I think it means dead in a casket. Because you get carried be 6 people.

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sumerians were responsible.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.