WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

AKKADIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Religious leaders were rulers, because they were thought to have power from who?
A
the people
B
the gods
C
the animals
D
the Akkadian pople
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The divine right of kings, or divine-right theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperial cults and cults of personality. Egyptian pharaohs were kings of Ancient Egypt, and were considered gods by their culture. Their titles equated them with aspects of the likes of the hawk god Horus, the vulture goddess Nekhbet, and the cobra-goddess Wadjet.

Detailed explanation-3: -theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state’s legal system is based on religious law.

Detailed explanation-4: -King Charles III, like his mother before him, has religious responsibilities in addition to secular ones. As “Defender of the Faith” and “Supreme Governor of the Church of England, ‘’ he will help lead his country’s most prominent faith group.

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