### q3 Assyrian temple slaves produced goods for sale > many of the temples owned large estates and kept many slaves (*sag* in Sumerian) who created goods for the temple in workshops. In the same way a temple could own herds of cattle and land which they could rent out and gather revenue from. #articleseed/addendum for [[Ancient Priests]] - [View Highlight](https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pxlpdw/what_caused_the_assyrians_to_and_i_believe_this?__readwiseLocation=0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A14%2C2%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A171#:~:text=many%20of%20the%20temples%20owned%2Cout%20and%20gather%20revenue%20from.) - [[Assyrian imperialism#q3 Assyrian temple slaves produced goods for sale|View in Vault]]