1. briefly explain why government became necessary in the first villages of early civilizations.
2. as cities formed people organized a group of government officials to supervise agriculture and trade. What kind of job do these early government officials to?
3.
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What three groups belong to the ruling class in most cities?
b. In the earliest civilizations how did kings receive their power and position?
4. Name two reasons that Narmer’s reign in Egypt was so important.
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b.
5. describe the power held by Egypt’s monarchs.
6. why can Egypt under the Theban Kings be called an empire?
7. describe the government of a typical city-state established by the Sumerians in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. Include the type of activities governed by law in this Sumarian city-states.
8. Who was Hammurabi?