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codyclark

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To guarantee revenues, what was NOT one of the Mauryan controls on commerce and trade in the capital?
 
  a. Officials supervised all trade and commerce.
  b. Merchants were fined for trying to pass off old goods as new.
  c. Weights and measures were regulated.
  d. Merchants who sold a variety of goods versus a single type of commodity were subject to higher taxes.
  e. Markets could not exist outside the capital.

Question 2

Why was Ishtar important to the Sumerians?
 
  a. She was the goddess of fertility.
  b. She was the goddess of the harvest.
  c. She was the goddess that protected the city.
  d. He was the greatest general of the time.
  e. He was the high priest of the temple.



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

c



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