What is the role of writing in the administration of a centralized political authority?

What will be an ideal response?


Writing allows officials to disseminate information and store, systematize, and deploy memory for political, religious, and economic purposes. It allows for the keeping of records regarding things such as food surplus, tribute records, and other business receipts.

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__________ do not own the land that they work, but cultivate it and pay a percentage of their harvest to a landlord

a. Clients b. Sharecroppers c. Renters d. Employees

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Endless discussion persists about the political insights, if any, afforded by Ionesco's play Rhinoceros. To what are the audiences most likely responding?

a. story b. character c. idea d. music e. spectacle

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social network analysis

What will be an ideal response?

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The production and use of traditional San subsistence technology:

a. severely damaged the desert environment. b. resulted in a very stable market economy. c. continued without disruption during colonial times. d. supported egalitarian relationships.

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