A city and its supporting surrounding agricultural land formed independent mini-states.
they called the sumerians settlements city-states because the cities were like small independent countries.
to small to be a state, to big to be a city.
The Sumerians had independent city-states with a monarchy - a separate king and his council - overning each them.
The Sumerian communities were called city states because there cities are so large that they are almost as large as a normal state but the are in dependent states.
A city and its supporting surrounding agricultural land formed independent mini-states.
The sumerians city-states lost power because the Akkadians invade the city states and took control over everything
In a number of the Sumerian City-States, the priests wielded direct political power. This would make them theocracies.
what was trade important to sumerian city states
The Sumerians faced three major challenges1.The threat of hostile invaders2.Lack of water3.Tradethose are the three major challenges the Sumerians faced while building their City-states.
Yes.They faght over eachoters city-states.
because he was dead!
They were in different parts of Mesopotamia
They Built a wall around thier city-state
they started by seeing the government