Civilization and government aren't the same thing, and the rules. The Phoenician civilization didn't have a single government, yet we consider them a single ci

Civilization and government aren't the same thing, and the rules. The Phoenician civilization didn't have a single government, yet we consider them a single civilization. The definition isn't a hard one with a clear "is" or "is not," but I think we're clearly there. Also, even the politics is highly intertwined. Political turmoil or change in one place causes an effect in other places.