Fratricidal disputes over succession began to erode central power as increasingly independent cities ruled by rival princes vied for control.

兄弟间夺继承权使中央集权逐渐瓦解王子夺着不同城市统治权。

Summary of the Sectional Conflict Just as the United States, under the impetus of Western enterprise, rounded out the continental domain, its very existence as a nation was challenged by a fratricidal conflict between two sections.

地区冲突概述 就在国在西方企业推动下陆版图同时，它作为一个国家存在也受到两个地区之间自相残杀冲突挑战。