<span>the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power
or
</span><span>the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries
</span>or
<span>the academic study of government and the state</span>
The statement can be taken either way because it is still a topic in which a definite conclusion hasn't been made. It is suggested that the coach of the losing team or whole of the losing team were sacrificed to the Aztec Gods, but this is disputed by lots of historians because in the Aztec society it was an honor to be sacrificed, so it might have been that the winning coach or the whole team were sacrificed instead. Considering the importance of the game on a political and religious levels, it is hard to tell which way did the sacrifices were taking place, and even if they occurred at all.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.
What the layer of ash found at the archeological site of Megiddo reveal about its collapse is that it probably collapsed due to a catastrophic battle in Biblical times, when the sacred scriptures refer to a grand battle that could be related to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Meggido, in the Israeli territory, is an archeological site also known as the Solomonic Chariot City, that is dated to the Biblical times of the Old Testament. Archeologists consider that the place was first settled in 6 BCE.
