"The people’s republic of China sent troops to Tibet in 1950. A 1950 agreement was then made to protect the Tibet culture and anatomy under the Chinese rule. The chinese interference forced Tibet’s leader to be able to flee Tibet and also launch a rebellion in the year of 1959. The chinese government then squashed the rebels and destroyed most of Tibet’s monasteries. The people of tibetan were forced to accept economic reforms, industrialization, and a public ban on cultural and religious activities. The Tibetans viewpoint on that were the fact that they had no say regarding to the changes that were being made."
The main reason why the money issued by the continental congress of little value was because it wasn't "backed" by anything real such as gold. Plus, this government had practically no credit.
The people were to give/reserve their lives to propitating the gods to prevent terrible events from happening to the community. The political structure of Sumer was independent city-states. The map shows the important communities. Note that in Sumerian times the Persian Gulf extended to the area of the city-states.