His ideas helped in many ways but most importantly his belief in Religious and freedom from government sponsored religion influenced the 1st Amendment to the Constitution. The 1st Amendment (Bill of Rights) protects citizens from having their government dictate religious practices.
Empires originated as different types of states, although they commonly began as powerful monarchies. ... Many empires were the result of military conquest, incorporating the vanquished states into a political union, but imperial hegemony can be established in other ways.... he already answered so sorry
Scribes were extremely important in Sumerian society since they were needed to transcribe everything that was written, because this was before the time of the printing press (which made duplication of such documents are easier).