They have a shared interest in the issues.
Nothing everything they wanted they didn’t get so they wanted war and that was that
The clergy were the religious people of the Middle Ages. Following the pope, in order of rank, there were bishops, priests, monks and nuns. In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head of the church, had much influence over the king and total control of the clergy.
Yes yes Mesopotamia lies between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river
Merchants would be needed more because the warring states were constantly at war.(armies need supplies, merchants have supplies)