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The duties of the king included leading the army, enforcing laws, and

The duties of the king included leading the army, enforcing laws, and . Building temples Shoveling silt out of the canals Making baskets Being a scribe. What was the relationship between religion and government in Mesopotamia?. The priests elected the king The king appointed the gods

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The duties of the king included leading the army, enforcing laws, and

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  1. The duties of the king included leading the army, enforcing laws, and • Building temples • Shoveling silt out of the canals • Making baskets • Being a scribe

  2. What was the relationship between religion and government in Mesopotamia? • The priests elected the king • The king appointed the gods • The people elected the king and the priests • The king was believed to be chosen by the gods to rule

  3. Sumerians invented all of the following EXCEPT • Fire • Plow • Wheel • Cuneiform

  4. Which improvements for farming were developed by the Sumerians? • Bridges and terraces • Irrigation and plows • Ziggurats and pyramids • Fences and digging sticks

  5. The wedge-shape writing of the Sumerians was known as • Cuneiform • Alphabetic • Hieroglyphic • Zagrosian

  6. Sumerians used these dirt walls to prevent the fields from flooding • canals • levees • reservoirs • moats

  7. As the Sumerians worked together to maintain the irrigation system, they began to • Attack one another • Travel to the Zagros mountains for more water • Live in caves • Live in larger communities

  8. The earliest cities in Sumer were called city-states because they had their own ruler and their own • god • marketplace • ziggurat • farmland

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