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Why did priests play an important role in Sumerian city-states?

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Religion was an important role in the everyday lives of the Sumerian's, They believed that their god had enormous powers People relied on priest to help them gain the god's favor.

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Sumerians feared priests because they led rituals involving human sacrifice.

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