The states and the congress. If a constitutional amendment is going to be ratified, first it has to get votes of support from 2/3 of both the house of representatives and the senate, after which it goes on voting in individual states, and if 3/4 of states ratify it then it becomes an official amendment of the constitution.
The Iroquois broad tribe produced a political alliance to fortify their impact and resolve the inner debate, they have ingested numerous different people groups into their societies thus of fighting, reception of hostages, and by offering the safe house to uprooted individuals.
Since they control lots of island groups which makes thing hard to border up and defend on all sides... Unlike in Germany which they had 2 fronts and it was easier to have bunkers to defend certain location...
Mali and Shanghai wealth by controlling the
trade of gold, ivory, and salt across the Sahara
Desert.