CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before the beginning of kingship in Sumer, the city-states were effectively ruled by theocratic priests and religious officials. Later, this role was supplanted by kings, but priests continued to exert great influence on Sumerian society.
Detailed explanation-2: -The people believed that the gods could prevent these disasters. To protect their cities, people tried to please their gods. To do so, they turned to their priests, who claimed to have special influence with the gods. Because of that claim, priests were accepted as leaders.
Detailed explanation-3: -Meet the world’s first emperor King Sargon of Akkad-who legend says was destined to rule-established the world’s first empire more than 4, 000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gala (Sumerian: gala, Akkadian: kalû) were priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna. They made up a significant number of the personnel of both temples and palaces, the central institutions of Mesopotamian city states.