Sumerian Invention: Monarchy
October 13th, 2008 by admin
The world’s first system of monarchy is also a Sumerian invention. The early Sumerian states needed a new form of government to govern larger areas and diverse people. The states of Sumer were ruled by a priest-king whose duties included leading the military, trade, judging disputes and taking part in vital religious ceremonies.
Under the priest-king were several priests who surveyed land, assigned fields and distributed the harvest. The new system of rule followed the e concepts of kinship and responsibility. The monarch was considered divine and worshipped. With a large part of the Sumerian civilization now not merely raising crop, a middle management or the bureaucrat acted as the distribution mechanism. Book keeping and writing were already an established Sumerian invention and this aided bureaucracy well.
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