Muhammad's hegira from Mecca marks the beginning of a new polity. For the first time in Arabia members of a community were bound together not by the traditional ties of clan and tribe but by their shared belief in the one true God. Later believers, looking back on this event, recognized its seminal importance by designating it as the first year of their new era. In further recognition of this great event, the oasis of Yathrib came to be called Medina, "the city [of the Prophet]."
Muhammad's hegira from Mecca marks the beginning of a new polity . For the first time in Arabia members of a community were bound together not by the traditional ties of clan and tribe but by their shared belief in the one true God. Later believers, looking back on this event, recognized its seminal importance by designating it as the first year of their new era. In further recognition of this great event, the oasis of Yathrib came to be called Medina , "the city [of the Prophet ]."
A lot of people came to the West to find gold to the point that the population rose dramatically and allowed territories to apply for statehood. Hope this can help :-D
Answer:The Board of supervisors has the executive power (governing the country, creating policies and overseeing departments - the last one is true at least in Los Angeles) but it also has legislative powers and even some judicial powers..
