Which of the following shows the relationship between religion and government in the first civilizations? farmers were required to turn over a portion of their crops to support city-dwellers. the hebrew scriptures attributed the act of creation to a single male deity, yahweh. the "demotion of the goddess" resulted from the extension of the power of creation and fertility to male gods. hammurabi claimed that his law code was inspired by marduk, the chief god of babylon.