Sumerian City States Social Hierarchies
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What did ruling groups in Sumerian city states use to secure their privileged access to resources?

  • Assemblies of elders and young men
  • Collective decision making for the community
  • Effective individuals taking charge of emergencies
  • Systems of bureaucracies, priesthoods, and laws (correct)
  • Who championed rules and norms that legitimized the political leadership in Mesopotamian city states?

  • Ruling groups
  • Priests and bureaucrats (correct)
  • Assemblies of elders and young men
  • Effective individuals taking charge of emergencies
  • What led certain individuals to acquire more durable political power over time in Mesopotamian city states?

  • Assemblies of elders and young men
  • Championing rules and norms
  • Erecting systems of bureaucracies, priesthoods, and laws
  • Taking charge of emergencies (correct)
  • What were the primary means through which ruling groups secured their privileged access to economic and political resources in Sumerian city states?

    <p>Systems of bureaucracies, priesthoods, and laws</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did certain individuals acquire more durable political power over time in Mesopotamian city states?

    <p>By taking charge of emergencies and gradually acquiring more power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguished the rules from the ruled in the social hierarchy of Mesopotamian city states?

    <p>The social hierarchy itself set off the rules from the ruled</p> Signup and view all the answers

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