How did religious practices in Mesopotamian society circa 3500 BCE differ from those of earlier societies?
A) Workers in a temple were required to focus solely on spiritual activities to maintain their ritual purity,whereas shamans in earlier societies engaged in trade and other economic activities.
B) Temple priesthoods rejected long-distance trade as bringing "foreign" elements into the community,whereas earlier societies eagerly sought trade.
C) Temples reflected increased wealth and social stratification,whereas earlier societies had less monumental architecture and concentration of wealth.
D) Temple priesthoods maintained a strict separation of state and religion,whereas earlier societies were ruled by priest-kings.

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Mesopotamian society circa 3500 BCE had a greater concentration of wealth and social stratification, leading to the construction of monumental architecture such as temples. This differed from earlier societies that had less visible social stratification and therefore did not build such impressive structures.

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