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Kish recorded first City of man was given Kingship for Earth government rule.

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A Symposium  on Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond 47   Organized by Nicole Brisch.  The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637- February 23–24, 2007.  Kingship, especially the sacred aspects of the office of a king, has for a long time fascinated scholars in a variety of fields such as history, religious studies, or area studies. Kingship (or any kind of absolutist power) and its close relationship to and use of religion for the purpose of legitimizing power seem an almost universal concept in human history. Frazer’s famous work The Golden Bough: A Study in Religion and Magic has been highly influential on the topic of sacred or divine kingship and continues to be so until today (e.g. Quigley 2005). 

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