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

兄弟间争夺继承权的斗争使中央集权逐渐瓦解王子争夺城市的统治权。

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 就在国在西方企业的推动下扩大了大陆版图的时，它作为一个国家的存在也受到了两个地区之间自相残杀的冲的挑战。