List for methods used by early empire builders to gain and Maintain
power

The correct answer is C) building new temples. Building new temples was not a method used by early Empire Builders to gain and maintain power. Early Empire builders such as Sumerians, Babylonians or Hittites did not build temples as a method to gain and maintain power.

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