Yes, with the ruling of the city states religion was heavily involved and had a big effect on political influences
Sovereign means C) ability of a country to control its own affairs and function independently. The definition of sovereign is "...the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference outside sources or bodies."
Answer: The government is a group or type of organization that is charged of a certain state. Since countries have many wide territories, they need to be split and looked after. This is why there is governments. Each different government takes care of each state a country occupies. You can't just have the President rule over the whole country, that's why we have governments to help out.