p5ch2states

Name: Olivia Fonzi

 * **Themes** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Political Structures and forms of governance || * Many of the major states became indivual city states and were taken over by Sumerian Kings.
 * City states dominated public life in Sumer. This way, there could be seperate kings to rule each city state creating less conflicts. ||
 * Empires || * Mesopotamians began to build powerful regional empires around 2350 B.C.E. They emerged as Semitic peoples with new technology.
 * The creator of the Mesopotamia empire was Sargon and he led an army against the city states to better the community, causing more problems. ||
 * Nations and nationalism || N/A ||
 * Revolts and revolutions || * Many of the city states kings fought against each other for power and expansion of land.
 * Additionally, empires fought city states to gain control of their people and resources
 * New inventions were sometimes considered revolutions. For example, the wheel, ship building, and bronze and iron metallurgy were considered new advacnces in technology. ||
 * Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations || * Different regions were organized in different ways. For instance, certain areas produced more crops then others. Also, most places had different languages which seperated the communities
 * Furthermore, military force is unique in different regions. Some forces are stronger then others ||