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** rule by one but not a monarch | ** rule by one but not a monarch | ||
** power seized not inherited | ** power seized not inherited | ||
* thalassocracy | |||
** rule by maritime empire | |||
** from Greek ''thalla'' for "sea" | |||
* republic | * republic | ||
** "res publica" = for the people | ** "res publica" = for the people | ||
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* Corporatocracy = rule by corporations | * Corporatocracy = rule by corporations | ||
* Idiocracy = rule by idiots | * Idiocracy = rule by idiots | ||
* hydraulic empire = rule by controlling water supply | |||
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> taking church property | > taking church property | ||
=== other | === other European absolute monarchs === | ||
* Peter the Great of Russia | * Peter the Great of Russia | ||
* Frederick the Great of Prussia (Germany) | * Frederick the Great of Prussia (Germany) | ||
=== why / how | === Monarchy problems to consider === | ||
* why / how does an absolute monarch lose power? | |||
* loses legitimacy via: | |||
** raise taxes to pay for excesses or war | |||
>> allows dissent, allows debate... shares power w/ the king | ** deliberate devaluation of currency (causing inflation) | ||
** don't allow dissent | |||
** can't force agreement | |||
** neglect or divert resources from public work | |||
* in Europe | |||
* the solution is parliaments >> allows dissent, allows debate... shares power w/ the king | |||
== Thalassocracy == | |||
* "maritime empire | |||
** naval supremacy | |||
** "stato de mar" | |||
* Phoenician states, 6th-2nd century B.C. | |||
* [[File:Phoenician trade routes (eng).svg|thumb|Major Phoenician trade networks (c. 1200–800 BC)]] | |||
** Tyre & Sidon (in The [[The Levant|Levant]]), Carthage | |||
* Athenian Empire, Aegean Sea, 5th to 4th centuries BC | |||
* Chola dynasty of Tamil (southern) India, 4th century BC | |||
* Medieval Cholas, 9th-13th centuries AD | |||
* Srivijaya in Sumatra (modern Indonesia), Buddhist 7th to 12 centuries, AD | |||
* Majapahit, Hindu-Buddhist trade/ maritime empire , Southeast Asia, 13th to 15th centuries | |||
* Italian maritime / merchant states: | |||
** Genoa | |||
** Venice, 13th to 15th centuries AD, maintained shipyards ("[[wikipedia:Venetian_navy|Arsenal]]") across trade destinations across the Mediterranean and Black seas | |||
* European trade/ maritime empires (in order of prominence) | |||
** Portuguese Empire | |||
** Spanish Empire | |||
** Dutch Empire | |||
** British empire | |||
* Omani Empire, Muslim trade/ maritime empire of eastern Arabian peninsula and East Africa, 18th and 19th centuries AD | |||