The Homestead Act signed in 1862 opened the settlement in the western US, encouraging Americans including freed slaves, provided they never took up arms against the US government, could claim up to 160 acres of federal land under the basis that land had to be cultivated or use to build a house.
A city's ruler usually claimed to be related to the city's patron god. This ruler was sometimes called a king. In Mesopotamia, religion and government were closely tied. City business and economic activities were carried out in the temples.
Because they were banned for life after one was killed
Throughout most of China's history it was ruled by powerful families called dynasties. The first dynasty was the Shang and the last was the Qing. Ancient China also boasts the longest lasting empire in history. It began with the Qin dynasty and the first emperor Qin who united all of China under one rule in 221 BC.
