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The four political units in the Philippines are barangay (village), municipality/city, province, and region. These units are hierarchical with the barangay being the smallest local government unit and the region being the broadest.
Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units, such as states or provinces. This division of power allows for a balance between national unity and regional autonomy.
California has the largest number of urban units in the United States.
Federalism is political philosophy in which a group of members are bound together with a governing representative head. The term federalism is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). Federalism is a system in which the power to govern is shared between national and central (state) governments, creating what is often called a federation.Examples of federalism around the world:1) United States of America;2) Canada;3) Germany;4) Austria;5) Switzerland;6) Argentina;7) Brazil;8) Australia;9) India;10) Belguim;11) Bosnia and Herzegovina;12) Tanzaniz.I hope it works.Mona TahaResource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism
In the case of making a house from bricks, it is called "building". Perhaps the term "assembling" could also be applied and if you were to be making a polymer then polymerization would be the term to use. If you were assembling something using words as sub units the process would be called writing or if you were a musician, composing. If you were a computer programmer then the process would be called coding. This answer is probably not exhaustive.
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From Mesopotamia to the most famous rivers Tigris and Euphrates
How about confederation?
The peoples of ancient Greece shared a common language, religion, and culture, yet they were separated into numerous independent political units (which often were at odds, and sometimes even at war, with each other). These city-states, called poleis, were political entities consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.