Question

Which statement accurately describes women's roles in Sumer?

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

Answer 1

C. They had more rights than women later in history.

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Answer 2

Option: They had more rights than women later in history.

Step-by-step explanation:

The role of women in society in most cultures was to be wife, mother and caretaker. Women in Sumer were different compare to the others. Sumer was the first Mesopotamian culture to have more rights than in the later cultures from Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian. Sumerian women could own property and run a business without any restriction. They access knowledge and wisdom to become became scribes, priestesses and physicians. They also serve as judges and witnesses in courts.