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QuizMultiple Choice

Sumerian City-States

Question 6 • 2025-2026_MDCPS_2109010-M/J World History Sem 1-CR

Which statement accurately describes women’s roles in Sumer?

Answer
A
They could own property but not businesses.
B
They were not allowed to be religious leaders.
C
They had more rights than women later in history.
D
They were always part of the higher social classes.

Explanation

Women in Sumer could own property, run businesses, and serve as religious leaders, although their rights and status varied. Compared with women in many later societies, Sumerian women had relatively broad legal and economic rights. So the accurate statement is that they had more rights than women later in history; the other choices incorrectly deny rights or claim all women belonged to the upper classes.

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