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As ruler over a community , who has been sired by a god or when a god who
takes on the king's power extended to everything ... did a division of he begets
the future king — the queen is thus called the these powers develop . mother of
God .
As ruler over a community , who has been sired by a god or when a god who
takes on the king's power extended to everything ... did a division of he begets
the future king — the queen is thus called the these powers develop . mother of
God .
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ic , starvation , bad harvests , or floods , the king can be held When a division of
functions evolved , the intrinsically responsible . Sometimes the king is believed
to have the royal priestly and other cultic functions were transferred power to heal
...
ic , starvation , bad harvests , or floods , the king can be held When a division of
functions evolved , the intrinsically responsible . Sometimes the king is believed
to have the royal priestly and other cultic functions were transferred power to heal
...
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On many Egyptian images the king sits to the imperial cult was encountered only
among the two on the throne , and the god is at his side holding a hand radical
monotheistic religions : Judaism ( e.g. , against An over the king . In becoming ...
On many Egyptian images the king sits to the imperial cult was encountered only
among the two on the throne , and the god is at his side holding a hand radical
monotheistic religions : Judaism ( e.g. , against An over the king . In becoming ...
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