Question

1. Discuss reasons, and illustrate with examples, why the theocratic form of government would be a predominant form in early societies.

Answer 1

That's going to be tough, because the premise is factually incorrect. Early societies were largely tribal and certainly not theocratic. Theocracy is only possible in a state with a good agricultural surplus (so it can support a priestly caste), dense urban populations (so competition for social status is strong), a developed aristocratic heirarchy (so you can move up or down, depending on your piety), enough leisure to be concerned about the afterlife (as opposed to whether you will survive the day), and a strong oral or written tradition (so dictates from the god(s) can be debated and passed on). That points to early civilized states, like Egypt, China or India -- in all of which, as it turns out, religion certainly did play a strong central role.

Western civilization lagged behind the Middle Eastern and Eastern in its development of the dense class-ridden urban population, so religion did not become a central organizing principle until the Middle Ages.