Sumerians believed that the king got power from the gods.
the significance of ziggurats are the kings coming from the fake heavens to the world and have people worthy them by staring at them.
There is nothing in Sumerian religious writings that says that kings have a 'divine right' to rule. What happened was that in many of the Sumerian earliest settlements, priests were the virtual rulers of a community. Building on that, later Kings still retained an aura of having a direct link to the gods; also, the early Sumerian myths mentioned a long list of equally mythical kings descended from the gods who were said to have ruled for improbably long periods. From that, it was only a small step to the claim that a King's right to rule was god-given.
the Dao was a formal order that gave kings the power to rule.
the kings responsibilities were usually to act as a figurehead. they rarely had power
martin Luther influenced the kings and queens of England by sharing his beliefs
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Where do the Sumerian kings live
they placed the power to govern in kings because they believed the god let the kings rule. the gods let the kings rule because the kings worshipped them. the priests were also leaders but not as strong as kings. kings were trusted with Sumerian government because they strongly believed in their religion.
The Sumerian kings set up punishments and made laws for their people. Also a Sumerian king would solve any problems someone in their power had. The people would come to the king and ask him a question. The king would give them a solution.
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The Sumerian king controlled the army and led battles. He made the laws, supervised irrigation projects and oversaw priests.
In the beginning, the main temple in each city was the center of government and economic life as well. Sumerian kings were subordinate to the priesthood. Over time, this situation essentially reversed as kings made conquests and gained power, so that the religious establishment was subordinated to the king.Various works by Jean Bottéro, for example, go into this in more detail.