WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -monarchy, political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity.

Detailed explanation-2: -A line of hereditary rulers is generally referred to as a “dynasty.” Dynasties usually contain a series of monarchs, emperors, or other autocratic rulers, passed down through a family bloodline.

Detailed explanation-3: -A hereditary monarchy is one where the title of king, queen, emperor, or empress is passed on to one of the current monarch’s children. Some modern examples of hereditary monarchies include: the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and Japan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dictatorship. Power in a dictatorship is held by a single person (or a very small group) that wields complete and absolute authority over a government and population. Like some absolute monarchies, dictatorships may be corrupt and seek to limit or even eradicate the liberties of the general population.