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  2. Aristocracy - Wikipedia

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    Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best' and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.

  3. Aristocracy (class) - Wikipedia

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    The aristocracy [1] is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and titles. [2] In some, such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or India, aristocratic status came from belonging to a military class. It has also ...

  4. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Modern examples include mainly Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Brunei and one African country, Eswatini. Constitutional monarchy: Also called parliamentary monarchy, the monarch's powers are limited by law or by a formal constitution, [42] [43] usually assigning them to those of the head of state.

  5. List of noble houses - Wikipedia

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    A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.

  6. Aristocracy of Norway - Wikipedia

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    For example, impressive burial mounds could consolidate imaginations of a clan's right to an area. The bronze aristocracy is known primarily through burial mounds, for example a mound (c. 1200 BC) in Jåsund, Western Norway, where an apparently mighty man was buried together with a big bronze sword. Other mounds were filled with bronze weapons ...

  7. Monarchies in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Athenian democracy (6th century–322 BCE) is the best-known example of the latter form; classical Sparta (c. 550–371 BCE) was a militaristic polis with a remarkable mix between monarchy (dual kingship), aristocracy and democracy ; [4] the Roman Republic (c. 509–27 BCE) had a mixed constitution of oligarchy, democracy and especially ...

  8. British nobility - Wikipedia

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    The British nobility is made up of the peerage (titled nobility) and the gentry (untitled nobility) of the British Isles.In the United Kingdom, nobility is formally exclusive to peers of the realm, however less formally an untitled nobility also exists across the British Isles through feudal remnants, the clan systems, and the heraldic traditions of the Isles with some legal recognitions and ...

  9. Landed nobility - Wikipedia

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    Landed nobility or landed aristocracy is a category of nobility in the history of various countries, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. The landed nobility show noblesse oblige, they have duty to fulfill their social responsibility. Their character depends on the country.