How did kingship develop in cities? - Vidyadip

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How did kingship develop in cities?

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Grand temples were built in many cities that had prospered due to the rise in trade.
Chiefs of those temples became chief administrators of those cities.
Later, the positions of the temple head and that of the king went to the same individual.
This is how initially kingship developed in the ancient urban civilizations.

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