Mesopotamians had a theocracy and Egypt had a plutocracy
I believe it's Local Governments... if it's not then it's state govenments
The main goal of Manifest Destiny was "<span>A.) to expand America's borders ," since this mentality held that the United States was "destined to expand from coast to coast. </span>
I feel emancipation proclamation was probably one of the bigger turning point but what came after C which was WWII was also quite significant.
Most likely the Hebrews because they believed in the Bible while the Egyptians believed in their own polytheistic gods.