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In a time of scant scientific knowledge, unexplained events were attributed to gods. As gods didn't really exist other than in people's minds, it was necessary to have intermediaries to pretend to speak for them. That is where the priests came in.
It's still prevalent today, even though we have fairly comprehensive science available to us to use and apply.
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∙ 11y agoPriests were in charge of taking care of the gods.
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What does patesi mean?
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What did Egypt trade with mesopotamia?
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Why did Mesopotamia have so many power exchanges between rival kingdoms and city states?
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Information of Mesopotamia's temples?
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How did priests and kings need each other to gain power?
they could depend on each other so they asked each other to give them some power.
Why did kings have so much power?
The Kings had so much power because there was no government.
Can you give me a summary for Mesopotamia?
People in Sumer invented the wheel, irrigation, levees and so much more
What was the earliest nations to assume some form of power?
Mesopotamia was techniquily the first agricutural society so it would have been the earliest nation of sorts to accumulate wealth and power.
