A.   make multiple copies of daily news stories, so the citizens of Sumerian city-states could stay informed about important local events

B.   record popular stories that were told by common people, as a way to keep the Sumerian population entertained

C.   keep records of the property of temple officials, kings, and nobles, as a way to enhance the growing power of elites

D.   translate Egyptian religious texts, and keep track of which Sumerian citizens were making appropriate sacrifices to the gods

A.   did not play an important role in Egyptian society and is rarely mentioned in Egyptian sources

B.   was centered around the sacred texts written by the pharaoh Menes, and did not change over time

C.   was polytheistic, and included developed ideas about an afterlife, as evidenced in the Book of the Dead

D.   was strictly monotheistic, and closely related to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

A.   had no legal rights of any kind, and were treated as slaves by their husbands

B.   were fully equal with Egyptian men, both legally and socially

C.   had greater legal rights than Egyptian men, and held most positions of authority

D.   were expected to obey their fathers, husbands, and other men, but also possessed considerable economic and legal rights

A.   enormous wealth, and the expansion of Egyptian power beyond the Nile Valley to create the first Egyptian empire

B.   the conquest of Egypt by Mesopotamian kings

C.   Egypt's conquest of the entire Mediterranean, including Italy, Spain, and all of Africa's north coast

D.   a decline in the power of the pharaohs, and the rise of a democratically elected government

A.   it is the oldest surviving example of ancient Hebrew

B.   it would later be accepted as the first three books of the Christian New Testament

C.   grapples with enduring human questions about life, death, immortality, and the nature of the gods

D.   it gives us an amazingly detailed and accurate history of the foundation of the city-state of Babylon