Which of the following ancient areas did not have a strong centralized system of government but rather was divided into city states

You didn't specify the area but in human history, two areas saw this kind of development: Ancient Greece and Mesopotamia.

Explanation:

These areas didn't experience a central government and the people who had established there created city-states, each one with their gods, government system, political ideas, laws, and kings. It's just in the 8th century AD that Mesopotamia began to experience a centralized state when the Assyrians controlled the area. For the Greeks, just when the Roman Empire reach there that they saw something like this.

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