Efrain Dyer

History

27 December, 00:14

5.) How do you know the Sumerian government was both a monarchy and a theocracy?

The king was an absolute ruler as well as a leading religious official.

Traders and merchants, along with the king, were the richest members of society.

Kings were worshiped as gods.

Priests were the rulers of the city-states.

7.) How did Saul rule the people of ancient Israel?

He conquered neighboring Judah and Canaan.

He set up a religious empire modeled after the Persians.

He united twelve tribes under one king.

He wrested power from Nebuchadnezzar.

8.) Which of the following is a result of the Jews' period of captivity and the Diaspora?

The Jewish people had to create a new religion.

Jewish ideas and values were widely spread.

Jewish people had to create a new set of temporary laws.

Jewish religious customs were practiced in secret.