Military might.
they helped keep records, and also managed the calendar.
The Priests of Sumer had been kings before, until city-states conflicts arose and the way Sumer ruled changed. So Priests had power like knowing what the gods would say so kings needed their help and knowledge.
People Keep Nuclear Weapons As A Sense Of Power.
The goals were not only to prevent abuses of power in the states, but to keep the power in the hands of the people.
You have to keep on reporting them and keep on reporting their background and keep on flagging them and keep on blocking them and keep on thumbing down their comments and keep on removing their comments and keep on marking their comments as spam and keep on removing topics they posted in groups and keep on marking topics they posted in groups as spam and keep on marking their messages as spam and keep on deleting their messages.
These can include the political parties. People are able to vote on the people that they want in office. Interest groups also help to keep things honest.
Most people say it is in their horn.
Because too many people keep breeding them and not enough people get dogs from shelters or rescue groups.
The US Supreme Court and the US Congress.
Deliberate efforts to keep groups separate is cultural divergence.
Well the book says to keep invading groups out of china
Sumer invented the writing system to help the king keep track of the taxes people owed based on the amount of food they had.Then it advanced into ways to talk with eachother a little later on.